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Healthcare? Oooo maybe next time... (lemmy.world)
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[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 0 points 3 months ago

If that's not good enough, run for office yourself locally or invest in local parties to change your locale for the better.

Yeah I'll get right on that with the suitcase full of campaign money that I definitely have.

I get the point you're making but running for office is not a realistic goal for most people. This is intentional.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It doesn't take much to run locally. I know someone who wanted to be a member of the county board and he did so without doing much more than some mass mailers to constituents.

Going for bigger offices you have a point, but not on the super local level.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

You can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure nobody gave AOC a suitcase full of cash. She put in the effort and that got her first the district and later the congress. You can dismiss her as the exception, but she's "the exception" only if you consider her effort to be exceptional. And there was that other guy (literally blanking on the name) who ran as a democrat and is now turning republican after being elected, pretty sure he also did a grassroots campaign. You can absolutely get shit done if you put in the effort.

The "suitcase full of campaign money" is the lie you're told to keep you from running.

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