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Bad governance is possible and even if you win 90 percent of the vote, it doesn’t mean you are governing well but it does mean you are governing to your constit
by smaryjerry 5y ago
Bad governance is possible and even if you win 90 percent of the vote, it doesn’t mean you are governing well but it does mean you are governing to your constituents priorities. Obviously if people actually were bothered about these issues they wouldn’t continue to vote the same people in. Locals actually want this to happen, but indirectly just as a side effect of their other higher priorities. They are willing to make the sacrifices needed to allow people to stay out of jail, not be prosecuted for small crime, not be prosecuted for drugs, trespassing, not ruin people’s lives with criminal records. They allow people freedom to be a little bad. It’s just unfortunate that this kindness actually multiplies the people that want to receive this kindness. Where are people going to, we’ll the place that doesn’t kick them out, tell them to move their tents, doesn’t prosecute them, let’s then have freedom to do drugs. It’s not bad governance, it’s just different governance. And now anyone who doesn’t like that governance has to just leave, politicians get even more votes than ever before, and this validates that they have had the right priorities all along. Long story short the city gets exactly what it’s citizens want, it may not be perfect but I’m the trade offs are desirable. Personally , I come from Seattle, city with a large homeless population and I went to Portland Oregon and I was shocked how much homeless there are camping on the sidewalks of Portland, and just how it felt like I was surrounded by mentally ill people. It sounds like San Francisco is the same and for people like me that doesn’t feel like a dying city, it feels like a dead city, just inhabited by those who have accepted it as is. No doubt there are some nice outskirts or nice areas, but the threat you feel with unpredictable people constantly around isn’t something I’m at all used to and would never want at that level.