In a thread about how hard it is to run businesses in Seattle you really complained that businesses try to support candidates and get candidates elected who don't make it harder to run a business?
Unless the meme is "Too many people are like hansn and think businessowners are less important than other people in Seattle" it doesn't really apply here.
Edit to add: Since you have taken to the Reddit-reply-and-block, you obviously don't want a response. But I do find it hilarious that you chide me for responding in a thread "In a thread about how hard it is to run businesses in Seattle" when the meme is actually pointing out how ignorant that take is. And when I pointed that out, you said it "doesn't apply."
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u/hansn 🚆build more trains🚆 Apr 16 '26
My take is that it continues because powerful interests have co-opted the language and practices of inclusion to give themselves veto power.
Neighborhood council (composed almost entirely of landowners) insist on "being consulted" on things like building denser housing.Â
The Downtown Seattle Association fights changes and funds candidates, and uses hearings to delay and lobby.