• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 months ago

      Appreciate it. My dad was involved in town politics when I was a kid, so I got to see plenty of how policy is shaped by the crusty old Republicans who can show up at every town meeting to spew nonsense and incorrect information and vote on every decision in town because they’re retired and don’t have to worry about work. And then I spent many years training kids at a job and got to see firsthand how those policies drove those kids to get out of town as soon as they’re able. And I understood how they felt because I felt the exact same way.

      Remembering how the old ladies used to call the people who wanted to get a new school built “the enemy” still gets my blood boiling.