{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Thing is even if Zephyr Teachout and Cynthia Nixon both win, I\u2019ve read Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, I know what happens when...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/177971997993/", "html": "<p>Thing is even if Zephyr Teachout and Cynthia Nixon both win, I\u2019ve read <a href=\"https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marxists.org%2Freference%2Farchive%2Fplunkett-george%2Ftammany-hall%2F&amp;t=ZmI5Zjk4OTdlYzI2MGFlNzRkOGU3OWU5NmNmZjBiYzNiMjhjODAwNCwyODQyM2U3YzVkMDNlOTIxODc3YWE4NGUzOTI4OWQ5MmE4MzJlNzM3\" target=\"_blank\">Plunkitt of Tammany Hall</a>, I know what happens when <a href=\"https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGoo-goos&amp;t=NDU3YTIyNzYyODQyNGFhMjFhOTVhZmQ0OTUxOGEwZGY1MWUzZDYxMCxkZDZmYThiMGIxYzYzMDRiMTc5MGZjNGJiMmFhZjc4YWM0N2Y3Yzkx\" target=\"_blank\">goo-goo \u201cgood government\u201d</a> reformers win against a New York machine</p><p>the machine operatives buried into the system slow-walk and sabotage your initiatives until your term is up as a failure and they can come back into power (and reward/punish appropriately)</p><p>Like the Arab Spring <a href=\"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/10/world/crime-legal-world/egypt-sentences-75-death-hundreds-jail-2013-sit-ended-bloodshed/\" target=\"_blank\">in Egypt</a>, or Trump in DC</p>"}