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Local government will do very little. Local businesses and individuals of a philanthropic mindset or personal will, that's what we've got. "Civic duty" keeps it afloat, and those sort of businesses and people become more rare by the day. In the places that need it the most, the political mindset is so corrupted, I fear we will never get it back.
If it existed, it's dead now. Our current situation is my only proof. But I would love for you to prove me wrong.
Pessimism or realism, I don't know what the difference is anymore tbh. I'm not stopping, but damn it it feels like a losing battle.
Local results are the only thing I have left to judge by. It has been a loosing battle for a long time, and they "patched" some of the last true communication and outreach available to indiviuals wanting to communicate nationally and worldwide. (The whole Twitter jounalist crackdown a while back comes to mind)
Everyone is getting too tired to put in effort for upholding values, but my stance is opposite that, I'm way more stubborn than people realize. I'm in the right place, and changed some things for the better at work. Might be time to switch my energy to my community. I want to transition from their Sysiphus to their fuckass-boulder.
The last step is finding out how to pit mega funding against eachother in a way that ultimately benefits locals.
Hey fair enough and good on you. Keep up the good fight.