Poking the hornet’s nest: A good way to burn a lot of cash on nothing is to hand it to self-started organizers.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/877346733679890432 …
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Replying to @pbump
Absolutely there needs to be infrastructure on the ground. That was the lesson the RNC learned for 2016.
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Replying to @pbump
But people being energized and wanting to do *something* tends to waste a lot of money and effort without results.
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There are things worst than wasting money. If we had a time machine, there would be a way to do this without wasting money.
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We are wasting money on so many things. Building the infrastructure of democracy seems to be a reasonable thing to waste some money on.
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Unfortunately, many funders think like you. Yes, some money will wasted because they didn't fund this 10 years ago. But alternative is +
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..that we will lose what we have left of a liberal(ish), stable democracy, and every year wasted means a deeper hole to climb out of.
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Replying to @zeynep
I agree that parties should build infrastructure. Disagree with those who think that means funding grassroots to do what it thinks is best.
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You have to meet them; that's where the energy is, and the NGOs, foundations and the DNC have lost every lever of power in last 10 years.
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Indivisibles has only 6 organizers. For the whole country. Raised only $2 million, half from grassroots. Koch bros: 1 BILLION in 2016 alone.
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