Demsas and I are apparently covering the same beat! Incidentally, I cut a section from this that addressed some of the issues she raises and dumped them into a new doc called "Too Much Democracy?" There's more to explore on that topic!
Great piece! I've been thinking about this topic since the election, and actually just wrote a post of my own on a related note (quoting this post of yours!), if you're interested in checking it out: https://civicinsighter.com/p/more-to-life-than-federal-government
“51 different choices to make” reminded me of this from Jerusalem Demsas: Americans Vote Too Much: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/american-election-frequency-voter-turnout/675054/
Demsas and I are apparently covering the same beat! Incidentally, I cut a section from this that addressed some of the issues she raises and dumped them into a new doc called "Too Much Democracy?" There's more to explore on that topic!
Well then you might also like Garret Jones: https://www.amazon.com/10-Less-Democracy-Should-Elites/dp/1503603571
Thanks for the rec!
To be clear, I haven't read it myself… just seemed relevant
Great piece! I've been thinking about this topic since the election, and actually just wrote a post of my own on a related note (quoting this post of yours!), if you're interested in checking it out: https://civicinsighter.com/p/more-to-life-than-federal-government
Great piece, Ryan. Highly actionable for me 😂
Ha! Thanks, Grant. Local bias! 🤠