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thinking locally 6-13-92
Most people consider local
politics to be beneath their
notice. Unimportant.
This is funny, because the
national politics that get so
much attention, because it gets
so much attention, is too big
for your actions to count much. I understand that among
What are the odds that your own politcial scientists, this
vote is going to matter in an is a puzzle: why does anyone
election? bother to vote?
In local politics, the number of
players is so small that your own
actions may be of great
significance.
And the results of the local
politics can have direct impact on
your life. Many aspects of the
big league politics have *only*
remote ramifications.
So on occasion, I get involved
with political causes that most STANFORD_POLITICS
people think of as trivial...
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