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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Or "in memory of" between deer antlers.