• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We are talking about it aren’t we? No one is talking about the comptroller in his district making sure the bills get paid, garbage gets picked up, teachers don’t strike, and that weird smell coming out of a pothole is looked at by sanitation.

    When I was about 11 I was doing something wrong and the teacher yelled my name. And it clicked that this was the only time he had said my name in who knows how many days. It actually stopped me for a moment. I saw it clearly. If no one ever saw me doing something wrong no one would know I was there.

    I have never forgotten that moment. The stunning realization of where I stood with people around me.

    So yeah here we are talking about someone who effectively none of the human race would notice if he dropped dead. For a politician fame is currency.