Conservatives’ failure to involve themselves in local government has cost them. Their underestimation of the impact of local committees and boards will continue to contribute to the serious overreach of government Colorado has engaged in within the last decade.
This failure isn’t intentional. It’s a fundamental mindset difference in how conservatives and progressives engage with government. While the political left views government as the means to their preferred social end, the right generally views government as a secondary aspect of life, their individual choices as the first.
It’s in this way that conservatives have become reactionary. They’re political firefighters, extinguishing fires started by progressives and Democrats across the nation, and at both the state and local level.
See the full article by Madison Russell, August 19, 2022