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Reading NextDoor completely disabused me of any notion that smaller government is better. It seems like everyone involved in local politics is an absolute crank
by dc-programmer 4y ago
Reading NextDoor completely disabused me of any notion that smaller government is better. It seems like everyone involved in local politics is an absolute crank. You can see this clearly in New Hampshire were the goofy libertarians who moved from other states gang up to defund public schools.
At least with the Feds they are under a constant microscope. The most heinous corrupt shit in America almost always happens at the local level because they can get away with it
- int_19h 4y agoAnd yet I find that what triggers the worst attitudes on Nextdoor is any discussion related to national politics.
- bongoman37 4y agoNot just defund public schools, but legalize things like child porn and underage sex [1]. Purely local government is often shitty in the absence of any guardrail laws from a higher level. Small towns are filled with people who care for absolutely no one beyond their tiny group and can often have way more time on their hands than reasonable people who have work and family responsibilities and care about people around them. [1] https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/30/libertarians-took-control-of-this-small-town-it-didnt-end-well/ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/08/30/libertarians-took-c...
- dc-programmer 4y agoWow I didn’t realize that. I only got the sanitized version of the story from Ira Glass