@csweatpants I have some similar hobbyhorses, but about the scale of locality. I think the base level of democracy should mean so local that everyone interested personally interacts with representatives and officials at that level. Without that gateway, it is difficult to meaningfully participate. Impersonal tokens (votes, donations) are subject to so much manipulation. 1/

@csweatpants Politics should be an art of collective creation, not individual preference expression, not A/B testing of people isolated behind screens. /fin