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A typical combination of possibly honest confusion (for example between increasing prices, driving out less wealthy residents, and replacing buildings with wors
by HelloNurse 5y ago
A typical combination of possibly honest confusion (for example between increasing prices, driving out less wealthy residents, and replacing buildings with worse gentrified ones); insulting and prejudiced attitude (aversion to high cost of living is a legitimate interest, not "anti-growth"); and obviously flawed arguments (remote working has hurt some renters, but it only affects the demand side of the real estate market).
It might be meant to support new construction, or just to lash out against "progressives" (maybe some specific political figures, there's a detailed list in the middle).
Is "The Atlantic" considered a conservative newspaper?
- jfengel 5y agoThe Atlantic is generally considered center-left. They like to think of themselves as aiming for the intellectual center, which kind of places them at odds with the American right wing (given the sense in which both of them think of the term "intellectual"). I find that means that they sometimes go out of their way for "balance", to subject the left to what they consider fair critique. (They'd consider that the right isn't really capable of properly critiquing the left at this point; even valid criticisms are swamped by invalid one.) If you read the entire thing I believe you'd still concur that they're still overall slightly to the left of center. Other articles on the front page include "The Right to Vote Is Under Assault", "How America Fractured Into Four Parts" (one of those pieces that try to explain right-wing thinking to left-wingers), and "Republicans in the States Are Proving Joe Manchin Wrong" (about right-wing anti-voting measures, focusing on the most right wing Democrat who is preventing the Senate from acting against that).