Memes

Is it?

I figure it’s just how democracy has to work. Governance is too complicated to just set it and forget it every 2-4 years.

Even if you somehow elect an ideal candidate, you’re still going to disagree at some point during their term.

There are plenty of no-win scenarios, opportunities to trade a short-term loss for a long-term win, etc. where you might agree on goals but not tactics and you end up having to petition/protest them.

And that’s in the ideal case.

You might as well assume that whoever ends up in The Room Where It Happens, they’re going to sit down on the opposite side of the table from you — not next to you.

I guess that’s kinda cynical, but I really don’t mean it to be. I think it’s just a more healthy way to frame participatory democracy. Your job is not done at the ballot box. That’s just to set the parameters for the real work.