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No, it's not "no true Scotsman," because when you look at commonly held progressive values, little of them line up with how San Fran actually is. Again: massive
by salt-thrower 5y ago
No, it's not "no true Scotsman," because when you look at commonly held progressive values, little of them line up with how San Fran actually is. Again: massive wealth inequality, the housing crisis, gentrification, concentration of capital in VCs who gamble by funding unethical and scantily regulated tech companies. None of that is progressive!
The only thing about it that's progressive is its social culture, in some ways, such as how it's a very LGBT-friendly city. That's all that comes to mind.
- ErikVandeWater 5y agoIf the supermajority of progressives SF can't create a progressive city, then it simply isn't possible.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago> If the supermajority of progressives SF can't create a progressive city, then it simply isn't possible Or, one of a) They're not really, deep down, as progressive as they claim to be. b) it's not possible, _within the USA as it currently operates_. c) Related to b, power to "create a progressive city" doesn't actually lie with the "supermajority" of voters, but with a few powerful people who are fine with things the way they are. I suspect, with no evidence, a bit of all of these.