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What do you mean by 'cost of influence'? If I don't want influence, is it optional?

• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > What do you mean by 'cost of influence'? If I don't want influence, is it optional? Every political system has patrician and plebeian tracks. In America, the former can be bought (versus solely inherited). Being a politically-active patrician in New York involves an expensive list of patronage. That’s where the power players are, and that’s where you’ll cut casual deals. It’s optional. And it’s different from civic responsibility. But unless you think the status quo is hunky dory, you’re going to want to change things, and the cost of access varies geographically.
  • satvikpendem 4y ago
    The people who can influence aren't making merely 300k, and they certainly aren't caring much about the cost of their influence.
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  • robbywashere_ 4y ago
    What sort of power plays are we meant to be doing? Is this like 'The Alpha does x y z' type stuff?
    • dualityoftapirs 4y ago
      Think of an example such as you'd like a better public school system in your district. If you live in a rural county in Oklahoma of 20k people, you could likely get on the school board without any opposition and start making changes. Vs trying to change anything about the public school system in San Francisco.