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Any aspect of local government that confers power to citizens outside of voting in regular elections is undemocratic and probably regressive https://twitter.com/emayfarris/status/1198660481222946818">https://twitter.com/emayfarri...
exhibit A https://twitter.com/JakeAnbinder/status/1172547347689234433">https://twitter.com/JakeAnbin...
I dunno about "rule out" but there is definitely a tendency in the post-& #39;60s left to see protest as *the* essential part of the democratic process, as opposed to a tool that should be used to indicate a failure of the democratic process https://twitter.com/TeddyVforUSC/status/1198731854993645568">https://twitter.com/TeddyVfor...
If wealthy people will always organize for their interests outside electoral politics, isn& #39;t it better to limit venues of public input outside of elections, the most democratic venue we have? https://twitter.com/DanImmergluck/status/1198735048666693632">https://twitter.com/DanImmerg...
Put another way, the tendency for the wealthy to co-opt the community participation process was anticipated by the very first people who called for it 50+ years ago. At what point do we start seeing this as a fatal flaw of the theory rather than a kink to be worked out?
People on here sometimes wonder what the product of a left-NIMBY alliance would look like but the fact is we already have it and it& #39;s called community planning.
& #39;60s Berkeley homeowners: every neighborhood should decide its own future
& #39;90s Berkeley homeowners: yeah!
& #39;60s Berkeley homeowners: wait no not like that
& #39;90s Berkeley homeowners: yeah!
& #39;60s Berkeley homeowners: wait no not like that
There are issues with CA-style democracy but at least the questions are put to voters in regular elections. Housing policy is like a ballot question where you have to vote every Wednesday at 8pm for three years and no one knows the election is happening. https://twitter.com/hoffsbeefs/status/1198744130261856256">https://twitter.com/hoffsbeef...
If you live in a fancy neighborhood you may be on an email chain that lets you know about the election. Otherwise it& #39;s announced on some small posters scattered around a subway stop.