Hate to burst your bubble here but local politics are just as hopeless as national politics. The same structures are still in place (exhausted workers trapped in ideological prison / good old boys network / who’s counting the votes? / omnipresence of police and heavily armed reactionaries / threat of lawsuits or capital flight if any reforms actually go through) and quite effectively prevent things from changing. Source: am recovering local politician. If this were untrue, some leftwing reforms at least would have succeeded somewhere, but I can’t think of any (correct me if I’m wrong).
Yeah, local politics aren't going to change the world. I just mean that in some places, local politics can be changed more easily than national, and are likely to have a more immediate and direct effect on your life.
It's still a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, of course.
I have won local elections. I recently quit an elected position I had because I was tired of watching the chummy libs and chuds vote more money for the Nazi police force and I also had zero support (there isn’t even a DSA here). We need armed organizations if we’re going to get anywhere.
Getting small wins is also motivating and tells people the next step is possible. Even draws or well-spun losses can attract more people for the next/other actions.
Hate to burst your bubble here but local politics are just as hopeless as national politics. The same structures are still in place (exhausted workers trapped in ideological prison / good old boys network / who’s counting the votes? / omnipresence of police and heavily armed reactionaries / threat of lawsuits or capital flight if any reforms actually go through) and quite effectively prevent things from changing. Source: am recovering local politician. If this were untrue, some leftwing reforms at least would have succeeded somewhere, but I can’t think of any (correct me if I’m wrong).
Yeah, local politics aren't going to change the world. I just mean that in some places, local politics can be changed more easily than national, and are likely to have a more immediate and direct effect on your life.
It's still a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, of course.
I have won local elections. I recently quit an elected position I had because I was tired of watching the chummy libs and chuds vote more money for the Nazi police force and I also had zero support (there isn’t even a DSA here). We need armed organizations if we’re going to get anywhere.
100%. :bpp:
Getting small wins is also motivating and tells people the next step is possible. Even draws or well-spun losses can attract more people for the next/other actions.