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Either you have no say, or your vocal cords are just along for the ride.
means Lacking a voice—literally unable to speak, or figuratively powerless to be heard or represented.
from From Old English voice-borrowing via French and Latin vox, simply bolted to the blunt suffix -less, meaning without—language at its most honest.
PhoneticsSounds like p, t, k made without vocal vibration.
Feel itTouch your throat saying sss then zzz—one buzzes.
PoliticsOften a euphemism for systematically ignored, not literally mute.