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If you want to affect change, maybe helping out with this would be a start: https://medium.com/surveillance-state/7d456a6a04df https://medium.com/surveillance-

• chinpokomon 13y ago
  I'm on board with this, but I expect little traction. I got actively involved with the Republican Party because I saw them as the lesser of two evils. I hoped that my fresh outlook might be able to influence the party to become the party I imagined they could be. To become involved to the point you might make a difference, you need to demonstrate that you share the same values as the leadership... effectively preventing the party from adapting or changing. In Washington, we have a top two primary. Since the primaries mostly attract political party activists, this means that third parties are almost universally blocked from appearing on the general election ballot. I see neither party willing to give up this power they have obtained, so I expect politics in Washington State to go nowhere. We as a people passed that initiative so now we're stuck with the consequences.
  • jseliger 13y ago
    Take a look at Hirschman's Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, which describes in general terms the political phenomenon you're describing. I hope you check this—you should put an obfuscated e-mail address in your profile.
  • bsbechtel 13y ago
    Do you have write-in candidates in Washington? I'd see what I'm proposing as more of a platform for introducing new ideas and gathering popular support for them. You just need to identify who is credible to bring forth those new ideas, and give them a platform first.