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> If you lead a people, specifically the people who lived in the city when you assumed leadership, then gentrification can clearly be a bad thing - e.g. "Now ou
by nordsieck 6y ago
> If you lead a people, specifically the people who lived in the city when you assumed leadership, then gentrification can clearly be a bad thing - e.g. "Now our people can't afford to live here."
What does it even mean to "lead a people" in the context of a city with immigration and emigration? You quickly run into the Ship of Theseus[1] problem.
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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
- ALittleLight 6y agoI don't have a rigorous definition, but I mean it as the difference between caring about something like median income and something like "my kids had to move away because they can't afford to live here."