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Because they're getting paid either way, and like most people they just kind of want to get by, and go home to their families. It doesn't mean they're not trying to accomplish certain things or working hard sometimes, but saving the republic wasn't what they signed up for (in their minds), and it's what's required now, and they're not up for it.
I suppose they are scared of retaliation by Trump or by his MAGA minions and are protecting their families. What we need in there is a bunch of people with nothing to lose.
Just a couple dozen Bernie Sanderses in there, yelling and shaking their fingers.
I mean I don't think it's entirely fear; if they had a full grasp, they would be a lot more scared of what Trump is trying to unleash, because that will impact their safety and their families'. Try to find someone in Nazi Germany or revolutionary Russia said "It's okay, I just stayed on the right side, and so everything was fine." I think mostly they just haven't grasped that this is different, or don't know what to do / don't have the inspiration to do something different than what they've always done even if they do see it coming.