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Get involved with local politics. E.g. the internal party selection process for a candidate for a seat in the UK parliament may only involve a few hundred peopl
by somewhereoutth 4y ago
Get involved with local politics. E.g. the internal party selection process for a candidate for a seat in the UK parliament may only involve a few hundred people - if that seat is safe (i.e. practically guaranteed to that party) then those few hundred effectively choose the representative, and so have a large voice in determining policy.
(Ironically the one time I was one of the few hundred, our chosen candidate - who was excellent - got beaten by the Greens in an election upset)
- krageon 4y agoPolitics is all backroom stuff and old boy networks. You may get involved, but to even start influencing a little you will need many years of networking before you can ever get started. And statistically speaking, you are unlikely to succeed. Objectively it is the only advice that makes sense, but viewed from the individual it doesn't really yield any kind of solution.
- azmodeus 4y agoIf you organise yourself you can make an impact a group of 50-100 is easy to build and can achieve a lot. Once you build a group it's easier to network as well. This takes a lot of time and effort for 5-10 years. Don't defeat your voice, fight cynicism.
- pmyteh 4y agoThere is a certain amount of agency in UK parliamentary selections, but the leaderships of both major parties have (for a good while) been keen to limit that. I'm not saying that it's futile -- you'll certainly get a choice of candidates that the leaderships are happy with -- but I'm not sure it's a decent mechanism for achieving change anywhere except at the margins.