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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
I dunno about "rule out" but there is definitely a tendency in the post-'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
If wealthy people will always organize for their interests outside electoral politics, isn't it better to limit venues of public input outside of elections, the most democratic venue we have? https://twitter.com/DanImmergluck/status/1198735048666693632
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's called community planning.
'60s Berkeley homeowners: every neighborhood should decide its own future
'90s Berkeley homeowners: yeah!
'60s Berkeley homeowners: wait no not like that
'90s Berkeley homeowners: yeah!
'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
If you live in a fancy neighborhood you may be on an email chain that lets you know about the election. Otherwise it's announced on some small posters scattered around a subway stop.
