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I keep hearing this, but governments in extremely Democrat-dominated areas don't seem less dysfunctional. I live in San Francisco, for example: Republicans have
by pjscott 6y ago
I keep hearing this, but governments in extremely Democrat-dominated areas don't seem less dysfunctional. I live in San Francisco, for example: Republicans have approximately zero power here, the government is too big to drown in the Bay, let alone a bathtub... and the government here seems less competent than usual.
- northerdome 6y agoSan Francisco falls very much into the category of vetocracy though. We have the highest building costs in the world and people freak out when anyone tries to build over three stories. Environmental review and lawsuits can sink any project. In SF a board of supervisors often vetos whatever the mayor proposes and everyone has their own idea about what solutions should be.
- jonny_eh 6y agoI think the results are the same, but the causes are different. Republican controlled governments want their programs to fail, for ideological reasons. Meanwhile, Democrat controlled governments bias for the status quo, for fear of stepping on someone's toes. This used to not be a problem due to the healthy push and pull between two similarly popular groups of politicians. But with a heavily partisan system, no group cares what the other says, so there's no pushing/pulling towards action.
- carapace 6y agoI grew up in SF, we're nuts. Look at Portland or Seattle for a better model of functioning left-ish urban gonvernance.
- babesh 6y agoKeep going north.