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while you two bicker others pocket rents and go to the bar with their local politicians' assistants. Fortunes have reliably been made around the world, while in

• epistasis 3y ago
  Sounds like the three of us are "bickering" while others pocket rents. Unless you are out there somehow getting politicans' assistants to change their bosses' positions at a bar. Instead, I am organizing in political groups that include politicians' assistants, lawyers, professional urban planners, community organizers, and random politically activated folks like myself. We craft legislation, build coalitions with other political organizations, meet with politicians and their legislative aids, but we don't buy them off in bars because that's a fantasy that doesn't work. If it did, I'd have done it years ago. But outside that aspect there's the important part of speaking in public spaces to move opinions of those who might similarly be politically activated. Hacker News is actually a very good place for this. People here tend to be quite active, and can be convinced to make calls to legislators, join organizations, and devote their time to finding more people to do the same. HN is one of the most LVT-pilled places on the internet. So I will continue bickering on here, finding more folks, and seeing ideas develop and spread among some influential people.