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william ⁂ maggos@wjmaggos@liberal.city

Advocate for #DemocracyOfReach

respect people's attention.

it's all we have and it makes us who we are.

location: Chicagoland
messaging: wjmaggos:matrix.org
site/purpose: https://democracyofreach.org
Joined: 2026-06-26 03:27:30
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william ⁂ maggos@wjmaggos@liberal.city (2026-06-26 03:06:51)
Being a jerk on social media is a negative to weigh against a candidate's possibly great policy positions. But our stupid media environment makes being a jerk a path to the attention needed to run in the first place. And our stupid electoral system means voters usually have few other options to vote for anyway, without supporting a spoiler candidate.

If you want less dirtbags, make the media and the electoral systems better.

cc @aselrod.bsky.social

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-dirtbags-wont-save-us/