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I don’t understand your point. > We managed to swing a couple of the county commissioners who were in favor of it before and were not in favor of it after hear
by Denzel 13d ago
I don’t understand your point.
> We managed to swing a couple of the county commissioners who were in favor of it before and were not in favor of it after hearing about the constitutional issues as well as the cyber security issues that flock doesn't really care about.
Do you not see the problem here?
Pasco County has a $2.2B annual budget. These county commissioners have the financial resources, organizational access to expertise, and time to focus on these problems.
Do they really need an under-resourced citizen to inform them about the constitutional issues after deployment? And then they just say “Aw shucks, whoopsies, now I see the light.”
I don’t think it’s fair to call this learned helplessness (a lingering belief after the threat has vanished) when we’re facing off against an active, persistent adversarial threat.
Your county commissioners didn’t make a “whoopsies” when they took a deliberate, informed action against your interests.
Furthermore, it’s unsustainable to require citizens to pour significant time and energy into forcing their representatives to faithfully represent them. That quite literally defeats the purpose of a representative governing body.
- Tostino 13d agoOh I absolutely see the issue. These people are honestly beneath contempt after talking to them and seeing their responses. Regardless, I'd rather tailor my message to people who I fundamentally disagree with, and make a little bit of progress. Edit: anyways, the point is that a group of less than 15 or 20 people can sway decisions.
- Denzel 12d agoFair, we're on the same side btw. I'd encourage your group to run for office or organize around people running for office so there's at least a chance to durably change the system with legislation.