XPost: alt.conspiracy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 10:24:01 +0200, D wrote:   
      
   > Ahh... the power of a smaller town, where nuggets like that actually   
   > spread around and it is more difficult for politicians and civil   
   > "servants" to hide in plain sight.   
   >   
   > That's why democracy on a national level breaks down. Too many people   
   > too little accountability.   
      
   A state of 330 million is way to big. I won't even call it a nation since   
   a nation implies a common culture, ethic, language, and so forth. I am not   
   a civic nationalist by any means.   
      
   The differences become apparent even on a local level. This is a blue   
   county surrounded by red neighbors. I don't know if the county 15 miles to   
   the south even had a mask mandate but if it did nobody paid attention to   
   it. for that matter even within the county the city is blue and the rest   
   of the county is red.   
      
   An author, Malka Older, wrote a trilogy where the world consisted of   
   centenals, areas of 100,000 people that shared a common set of values. If   
   you didn't like the way the one you were in was run, move to an acceptable   
   one. Two adjacent centenals might have a completely different system of   
   government.  Mninmal controls were in place to prevent inter-centenal   
   aggression.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)