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The political left has somehow spun the idea of common sense policies, like being "tough on crime", as being some parochial throwback to a barbaric past, as op

The political left has somehow spun the idea of common sense policies, like being "tough on crime", as being some parochial throwback to a barbaric past, as opposed to what they are: the only sane route available to society. Their ideas have been tested, and have utterly failed in the West Coast, yet the political left's base of support hasn't wavered. This to me shows the power of narratives (e.g. "Don't Say Gay"), where they can totally distort reality for the masses. Despite the narratives about the folly of Republicans/"right-wing" policies, it is exactly those policies that the West Coast needs.

munk-a 4y ago
Just FYI both Vancouver and New West are actually in Canada and not America. It's pretty irrelevant to discuss US politics in an article on a Canadian city but it's especially unhelpful when "tough on crime" policies have been shown repeated not to fix homelessness either.
- CryptoPunk 4y ago
  Exactly the same attitudes toward "right wing" policies exists in Canada, and you just exhibited it >>it's especially unhelpful when "tough on crime" policies have been shown repeated not to fix homelessness either. Where has it has been shown? Singapore and Tokyo are extremely tough on crime, as any sanely governed society is, and probably spend much less on a per capita basis than Vancouver on social services. Certainly no more. These cities have very little visible homelessness and open drug use, and are extremely safe in comparison, especially with regard to street disorder, property crime, etc. Limiting the comparison to Canada and the US: Republican-run cities have far less visible homelessness, open drug use, and street disorder than cities run by Democrats, or in Canada, the NDP/Liberals. The contrast is even more stark when you compare places in North America with very left-wing attitudes toward drug use, homelessness and petty crime, like the West Coast, to regions of North America with more traditional attitudes, like Texas or Florida. Left wing policies in general are wholly ineffective, as evidenced by the fact that there is a huge migration of people from New York stare and California, to Florida and Texas: https://www.northamerican.com/migration-map https://www.northamerican.com/migration-map In Canada, BC has the most natural advantages of any region of Canada, and managed to have negative inter-provincial migration during the 1990s when governed by the public-sector-unions/NDP.

munk-a 4y ago

Just FYI both Vancouver and New West are actually in Canada and not America. It's pretty irrelevant to discuss US politics in an article on a Canadian city but it's especially unhelpful when "tough on crime" policies have been shown repeated not to fix homelessness either.

CryptoPunk 4y ago
Exactly the same attitudes toward "right wing" policies exists in Canada, and you just exhibited it >>it's especially unhelpful when "tough on crime" policies have been shown repeated not to fix homelessness either. Where has it has been shown? Singapore and Tokyo are extremely tough on crime, as any sanely governed society is, and probably spend much less on a per capita basis than Vancouver on social services. Certainly no more. These cities have very little visible homelessness and open drug use, and are extremely safe in comparison, especially with regard to street disorder, property crime, etc. Limiting the comparison to Canada and the US: Republican-run cities have far less visible homelessness, open drug use, and street disorder than cities run by Democrats, or in Canada, the NDP/Liberals. The contrast is even more stark when you compare places in North America with very left-wing attitudes toward drug use, homelessness and petty crime, like the West Coast, to regions of North America with more traditional attitudes, like Texas or Florida. Left wing policies in general are wholly ineffective, as evidenced by the fact that there is a huge migration of people from New York stare and California, to Florida and Texas: https://www.northamerican.com/migration-map https://www.northamerican.com/migration-map In Canada, BC has the most natural advantages of any region of Canada, and managed to have negative inter-provincial migration during the 1990s when governed by the public-sector-unions/NDP.