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>Many of the most mundane decisions made in municipal councils go completely unnoticed yet they can destroy whole communities in the long run. They go unnotice

>Many of the most mundane decisions made in municipal councils go completely unnoticed yet they can destroy whole communities in the long run. They go unnoticed because of scaling issues, not because people are per se less interested in local politics than national politics. If you write a story about a decision on the local city council, it is of interest to maybe a few hundred thousand, whereas a story about Congress is of interest to tens of millions. Even if people were ten times as interested in local news (as measured by their willingness to subscribe or the amount of ads they are willing to be exposed to), it would still make more sense to send a reporter to the Capitol before City Hall.

chongli 8mo ago
I think a lot of our issues today are because people are too engaged in federal politics. It's turned into a massive spectacle on the same level as the NFL.
- roysting 8mo ago
  That seems to be the point; WWE USA: Blue Team vs Red Team, The Democracy Simulation Show. Everyone has the same and equal meaningless vote.
  - mschuster91 8mo ago
    > Everyone has the same and equal meaningless vote. There is one vote that is not meaningless: the primaries. A lot of the issues y'all have is that Democrats and Republicans alike don't bother to vote in the primaries. That is how you got people like MTG or Trump, that is how you get people like Chuck Schumer stuck in office for far too long. AOC/The Squad and Mamdani both proved that it is possible to succeed in a primary and offer voters an actual alternative to the corporate owned shills.
    - vee-kay 8mo ago
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    - kjkjadksj 8mo ago
      You don’t have choice in the primary either. See what happened with the democrats and trying to stymie a sanders candidacy.
    - thatcat 8mo ago
      After Bernie got shuffled out in 16 I'm not sure anyone cares believes that primaries matter either.
    - asdfasvea 8mo ago
      You mean the primary where Biden ran virtually unopposed and then Harris got the nomination?
    - roysting 8mo ago
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satvikpendem 8mo ago
> not because people are per se less interested in local politics than national politics Actually I believe this is exactly the issue. Most people are interested more in national politics than county or even state politics. Of the people I know who vote in national elections, very few vote in local ones or even go to city council meetings.

chongli 8mo ago

I think a lot of our issues today are because people are too engaged in federal politics. It's turned into a massive spectacle on the same level as the NFL.

roysting 8mo ago
That seems to be the point; WWE USA: Blue Team vs Red Team, The Democracy Simulation Show. Everyone has the same and equal meaningless vote.
- mschuster91 8mo ago
  > Everyone has the same and equal meaningless vote. There is one vote that is not meaningless: the primaries. A lot of the issues y'all have is that Democrats and Republicans alike don't bother to vote in the primaries. That is how you got people like MTG or Trump, that is how you get people like Chuck Schumer stuck in office for far too long. AOC/The Squad and Mamdani both proved that it is possible to succeed in a primary and offer voters an actual alternative to the corporate owned shills.
  - vee-kay 8mo ago
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  - kjkjadksj 8mo ago
    You don’t have choice in the primary either. See what happened with the democrats and trying to stymie a sanders candidacy.
  - thatcat 8mo ago
    After Bernie got shuffled out in 16 I'm not sure anyone cares believes that primaries matter either.
  - asdfasvea 8mo ago
    You mean the primary where Biden ran virtually unopposed and then Harris got the nomination?
  - roysting 8mo ago
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satvikpendem 8mo ago

> not because people are per se less interested in local politics than national politics Actually I believe this is exactly the issue. Most people are interested more in national politics than county or even state politics. Of the people I know who vote in national elections, very few vote in local ones or even go to city council meetings.