• Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    People always talk about how starting a movement needs to start at the local level. This usually tells me that they have no experience with local elections beyond police-approved protests and knocking on doors. Local elections are some of the most cutthroat and corrupt. You'll have entire towns and cities under the establishments thumb in a pretty blatant way. Vote them out? Good luck. They'll threaten you and manipulate local media to make you look like the spawn of Satan.

    • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      And yet the DSA has shown it can win at the local level. It's not a walk in the park, but it's possible.

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Good point. Local elections aren't impossible, but they're one hell of a battle. My comment was more directed at those who say it so casually, as if it's that easy to do.

    • Ithorian [comrade/them, null/void]
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      3 years ago

      It's super bad in small rural towns. Where I live two families control about 70% of elected offices; sheriff, mayor, judges, school board ect.

      • OldSoulHippie [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Sounds like where I live. It's weird. The townsfolk are like pod people that all know each other and all have some version of Tweety bird flipping the bird or Marvin the martian smoking a joint tattooed on them.