Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician)
jeffw@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Most local politicians I know don’t get paid (school board, commissioners, etc) or they get paid very little for the time they put in.
If you count up all the expected folks in the USA, less than 1% are what you think of as “politicians.” They are mostly just people you see at the grocery store
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/politician
noun. [UK] - a member of a government or law-making organization
noun. [US] - a person who is active in politics, esp. as a job
School board and HOAs doesn’t really count, otherwise a militia patrolling their neighborhood would also count as a “cop”.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
School boards are an elected, political position.
Militias are an illegal organization.
There’s a gulf of difference between the two.
There are also plenty of elected politicians that aren’t awful people. Especially at the state legislative level.
over_clox@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Well today I learned, that school board members are elected. I assume you’re referring to the US?..
I’m 42 years old and just learned this today. I attempted to run a petition at age 15 for our school of ~1200 students to keep the pizza lunch line, and I got approximately 420 unique signatures.
I still actually have the signatures somewhere in a file drawer in storage. Back when I did this, I asked people where to turn in my petition. Everyone told me to go to the superintendent’s office.
But nobody would actually tell me where the fuck that was, nor would anyone take me there ☹️.
I got more than a third of the students to sign my petition, but nobody would tell me where to take it, like what the actual fuck?
starlinguk@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
School boards are not political in the Netherlands, Germany or the UK.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
In the US, school boards and superintendents are a common source of political corruption. Many states allow for local control of districts, so these boards oversee the spending of tens or even hundreds of millions of local tax dollars and government grants.
jeffw@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It this a weird jole#