@djc fair enough. obviously face time doesn’t scale, even at a local level, although given the small minority that would bother to want it, it might be less hopeless than it seems. it’s not face time in particular that has me grumpy. towards you, it was writing off local government as laughable or illegitimate. towards my candidate, it was not providing any meaningful means of rich interaction and feedback at the level where it’s most precious and plausible. 1/

@djc literally the only contact info this candidate provides are forms where you can donate, volunteer, acquire lawn signs, or merch, and a physical address to which we are directed to address checks. (i’m going to mail off my post, with no check included, to that address.) /fin

@djc ( i actually do think face time, actual human-level knowing of people, is pretty indispensable to democracy, and want to see reforms that mean we actually would know our representatives https://www.interfluidity.com/v2/9069.html )