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tehwalrus on Jan 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would y...

Politics. The only way to fix the broken stuff in the world.

I have stood in a bunch of elections and lost them all. I'm not dissuaded yet.

cafard on Jan 6, 2017 | [–]

Interesting. At what level? And are you involved at all in your local party, on the precinct or county level?

tehwalrus on Jan 6, 2017 | | [–]

In the UK. I've stood in local council elections three times, and for Parliament once in 2015:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_East_Hertfordshire_(UK...

(I came 4th).

fjdlwlv on Jan 6, 2017 | | [–]

Is that better than making money in tech and then buying a politician?

paseante on Jan 6, 2017 | | [–]

You brave

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