By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Which is to say, Big P politics matter, but to *make* them matter, we need a lot of small p politics. That means that democracy isn't something you do every couple of years with a ballot paper (though that's an important aspect of the process). Democracy is continuous. 213128
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026If you've ever wondered why your vote seems to accomplish so little, I think you can blame the near-abolition of small p politics by Big P politicians of every stripe. 211626
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Indeed, Obama's genius was summoning up an army of door-knocking, phone-banking small p political activists and then euthanizing that organization after he won the election: newrepublic.com/article/1402...newrepublic.comInside the Fall of Obama’s Grassroots ArmyThe untold story of Obama’s biggest mistake—and how it paved the way for Trump. 413018
Russell Wolf @russhwolf.com · 01/10/2026I think about this whenever I hear things like "Democrats are the minority so they can't do anything." Political power is more than just exercising legal rights (whether as a voter or legislator), and leaders who understood this would do more than just roll over after every new White House outrage. 030