Theoretically, HOAs could be the basis of grassroots democracy, bottom-up town halls and councils to hold the powerful in check
Conspiracy theory: HOAs have been infiltrated intentionally by cringe stupid Karens to prevent this level of mass consciousness from arising from below. if I was George Soros I would pay Karens to disrupt HOA meetings with stupid bullshit.
This could allow us to focus on Local information instead of being psyopped by The Current Thing
So too has there been a coordinated propaganda campaign to make HOAs associated with Karens.