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> If Sanders ideas can work so well, why don't all these eager people first implement them at a local level where they have more immediate power? Nope, they wan
by jefurii 11y ago
> If Sanders ideas can work so well, why don't all these eager people first implement them at a local level where they have more immediate power? Nope, they want to go directly to the executive because it is a figurehead.
Lots of people don't pay attention to or vote in local elections so those aren't even on their radar.
You raise a good point though. There's discussion in the Sanders subreddits about doing exactly this, both as a way to channel the energy of his supporters if he doesn't get elected, and as a way to support him if he does.
- ck2 11y agoRemember the Tea Party? As insane as they were, they at least grasped the idea that while the excutive president of the US was a nice figurehead to shoot for, the real power was on local, county and state level figures. Then they turned around and made their dream come true in Kansas which is now a horrible place to live. But they did it - the found their path to make it happen. If Sanders people want that kind of accomplishment, they need to look at all the levels way before the executive which has no power today other than supreme court appointees.