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Money is a poor substitute for people who care. The only people who think otherwise are terminally online losers who have never organized anything larger than
by noosphr 4mo ago
Money is a poor substitute for people who care.
The only people who think otherwise are terminally online losers who have never organized anything larger than a birthday party.
- verisimi 4mo agoAre you talking from experience? What legislation have you organised?
- mlnj 4mo ago> terminally online losers
- noosphr 4mo agoI got new bike lanes installed around the neogboirhood after I wrote to the local city representative about it, then went to a city where I did a PowerPoint presentation of all the places that you could get killed if the driver wasn't paying attention. It took a month from first letter to new bikelanes.
- none2585 4mo agoThis sounds like exactly the gumption we need to finally get the federal government to represent the common man.
- noosphr 4mo agoTwo people were killed in the next city within six months because no one bothered to fix their paths. One was a child. If someone had bothered to write to that council they'd be alive. But by all means, keep winning online arguments and doing nothing.
- cindyllm 4mo ago[dead]
- none2585 4mo agoNo I'm with you, I'm inspired. Let's fight them!
- verisimi 4mo agoThe speed of turn-around sounds impossible. That you are asking for bike lanes - which is already part of most local agendas - is more believable. I daresay if someone asked for the lanes to be removed, they would not get any traction.
- none2585 4mo agoMaybe in your country but not in the hellhole that is the US.
- someothherguyy 4mo agohttps://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/money-power-and-the-influence-of-ordinary-people-in-american-politics/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/money-power-... seems like a lot more people believe that than the population you are describing
- noosphr 4mo agoThis changes substantially when you ask people about their _own_ representatives: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/how-americans-view-congress-the-president-state-and-local-political-leaders/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/how-american...