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* Have an open model to build other states to a simple level with | * Have an open model to build other states to a simple level with | ||
* Absolute bluntness and transparency. There will be no stupid games to pretend to be what we are not, or mislead expectations. People who want to know will have every tool they need to choose where they want to go, even if identifying as a full on political pirate is not really their cup of tea, but they still despise the broken binary of the country's politics. | * Absolute bluntness and transparency. There will be no stupid games to pretend to be what we are not, or mislead expectations. People who want to know will have every tool they need to choose where they want to go, even if identifying as a full on political pirate is not really their cup of tea, but they still despise the broken binary of the country's politics. | ||
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| + | * experiment with alternate management models | ||
I'm not the guy who will run candidates and get people in office, nor can I manage my way out of a fishbowl let alone a campaign, so that will again require people with a lot more time, energy and relevant skills. But I'm happy to help out and share, even fill the gaps for someone who does want to go further but also needs backup to get it done. | I'm not the guy who will run candidates and get people in office, nor can I manage my way out of a fishbowl let alone a campaign, so that will again require people with a lot more time, energy and relevant skills. But I'm happy to help out and share, even fill the gaps for someone who does want to go further but also needs backup to get it done. | ||
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Revision as of 22:59, 12 November 2025
For ease, this is written with the assumption that things are already made. They are not, current progress is just "I am here and here are ideas."
Problem is
I'm not a politician, extrovert, door-to-door type, political expert, speaker, any of that.
I'm a dork who plays with computers, spends time in weird rabbit holes and just likes to fill out the corners for the cause like nibbling at long-needed updates for the wiki. So for Michigan I'm a bench warmer and a librarian. Anyone with leadership aptitude and stake in the project can have it.
Everything that exists is online with no in-person representation.
How it's set up
Michigan is set up as a skeleton party to be filled in by volunteers. Its priorities are,
- promoting resources for getting people to think pirate, even if they don't identify as that or they don't want to sacrifice whatever affiliation they have
- kind of be an opinionated angle, partisan neutral who tries to inch in on at least third party space if not the mainstream
- Have a blog or the like committed to Michigan level affairs
- lean on and support national infrastructure as much as possible, avoiding repetition of effort
- Have an open model to build other states to a simple level with
- Absolute bluntness and transparency. There will be no stupid games to pretend to be what we are not, or mislead expectations. People who want to know will have every tool they need to choose where they want to go, even if identifying as a full on political pirate is not really their cup of tea, but they still despise the broken binary of the country's politics.
- mi.uspirate.party?
- experiment with alternate management models
I'm not the guy who will run candidates and get people in office, nor can I manage my way out of a fishbowl let alone a campaign, so that will again require people with a lot more time, energy and relevant skills. But I'm happy to help out and share, even fill the gaps for someone who does want to go further but also needs backup to get it done.