inchoa

It doesn't go on the ballot directly, it goes on the ballot in the form of voting in local city officials (specifically the city council) who set the zoning laws/rules.

Or as Rahm Emanuel states: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste"[0].

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-YuhFWCr4

I think it breaks down like almost anything that people take to a near-religious level.

My wife and I bought the book and read through it and loved it, but we certainly don't follow all of it. Really we just did it for our clothes and general commodities (kitchen stuff, random shit in the house) and it works great.

However, your example perfectly summarizes where you should steer away from "the program".

This method doesn't make sense for a good number of things. However, for those issues it does apply for, it is fantastic.