💬 Spencer Pratt's Mayoral Dream Is Dead, And That's Actually Good News For Democracy
Spencer Pratt’s Mayoral Dream Is Dead, And That’s Actually Good News For Democracy Right, let’s be honest here: Spencer Pratt running for mayor of Los Angeles is the sort of thing that makes you wonder if the universe has finally lost the plot entirely. And now that he’s slipped into third place—apparently even Los Angeles, a city that once elected a bodybuilder governor, has decided to draw a line somewhere—I’m genuinely relieved. Not because Spencer’s a bad bloke (he seems harmless enough, bless him), but because his fade into electoral obscurity proves something crucial that we desperately need to believe right now: you can’t actually buy your way into real power through celebrity alone. The system, messy as it is, still has some antibodies left. ...