Discussion
What if instead of donating huge amounts to democratic campaigns every cycle we donated huge amounts to local, democratically governed community organizations that help democrats win but can also hold democrats accountable in moments like these?
Build roots, build relationships, build power
Also: now is a great time to find and grow those organizations so they'll be ready for donations in the midterms.
A huge problem when I say "donate to infrastructure, not campaigns" during campaign season is that no one knows who the infrastructure orgs are to donate to. Whereas the campaigns are obvious (and texting you all the time to donate).
@shauna another advantage is that there is no donation limit to those organizations. So if you can afford it you can give more than you could to any one individual candidate.
@shauna Concur. "Grassroots fundraising" looks good in campaign copy, but in truth a politician beholden to 40,000 voters is a lot less accountable than one answering to 20,000 voters and an aligned, organized bloc of 20,000 more.
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