> Seattle has turned into a shithole akin to San Francisco and other west coast cities with Democrat mayors and single-party strangleholds. Let's extend this (

> Seattle has turned into a shithole akin to San Francisco and other west coast cities with Democrat mayors and single-party strangleholds. Let's extend this (sneakily) implied causal model to all geographic areas with an "X" party mayor (or county commissioner or sheriff or whatever) and single-party strangleholds. Let's look at rural areas, say, in the southern states. Let's talk about pervasive poverty, lack of education, and drug abuse there. We can play the blame game. How about this: let's talk about potential solutions and their associated costs? P.S. I don't dispute that downtown SF is shocking, disgusting, and _more importantly_ tragic for the people living there. I care relatively little about the cosmetic aspect. I care tremendously about finding ways that every human being can reach their maximum potential, without impinging on the rights of other people. P.P.S. Yes, this stated moral philosophy is somewhat underspecified, but I'm trying to leave open a wide space for reasonable people to agree. We can and should debate the margins, but I think there is considerable consensus in terms of public opinion about what is just, ASSUMING that people share a common set of facts and all inform themselves on a particular situation and dynamic (by which I mean interconnected causes and effects).