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Every day I edge closer to the conclusion that local democracy and public participation is a net negative.

• arcbyte 5y ago
  The more we insulate people from the repercussions of their actions the more we get perverse behavior. Let the towns go unpoliced. Either everything will be fine or they'll quickly refund thr police like every other city that tried that is doing.
• yuppie_scum 5y ago
  Boy do I have a great country for you to consider
  • tormeh 5y ago
    So only one level of democracy?
• cguess 5y ago
  The loss of local journalism is definitely a contributing factor to this. Politicians are much more willing get away with stuff if they know there's not a reporter in the back of the city council meeting taking notes.
  • vba616 5y ago
    The local newspaper in my city that's been there all my life is still there, and a few months ago, I was disgusted with the national media and thought, well, I'll get a digital subscription to support local journalism. But (and this has been my experience with other subscriptions too) I still had trouble accessing what I wanted to read. I expected the paywall would go away, but it's not that simple. I'm pretty sure that this was because they have some sort of tiered system, but I felt cheated regardless of how it might be rationalized. Bait & switch. So I cancelled.