>I think the general attitude in the article is sickening. Huh? Did you read both parts? (or the first part even?). I thought it worked out remarkably well.

>I think the general attitude in the article is sickening. Huh? Did you read both parts? (or the first part even?). I thought it worked out remarkably well. Our local small town has cohesive activist mafias, with a lot of overlap in membership, who are happy to make the city council's life hellish and have outsized power. I could write a much more crazy-making substack article. OTOH, the inevitable individual cranks that go to all public meetings in order to be heard don't seem to have much in the way of persuasive abilities. Remember that the next time you are trying to sell something in a company at a meeting. Go into the thing with a nailed-down ally or two who share talking points with you.