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   CedarTea (cedartea@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 10:02:04 JST CedarTea

   People in my community tell me to run for council pretty often. Every time, I tell them that if I become their councilor then I won't be me anymore.

   It's an error of hubris to look at an institution and say "It would be better if I was in charge" instead of "I would be worse if I was in charge".

   • Rich Felker repeated this.
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     CedarTea (cedartea@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 10:02:03 JST CedarTea

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     It makes me sad to think about how many of us have been stolen by these power structures. Young, idealistic, good people. They want to help, they grab the ring of power, and they become everything they were fighting against.

     carl marks and Church of Jeff repeated this.
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     CedarTea (cedartea@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 10:10:34 JST CedarTea

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     "I'm gonna change the system from the inside!"

     *is changed by the system while inside*

     :pikasurprise: