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> But - outside of performative activism and spleen-venting - do they have any interest in sustained or intelligent actions which might address a few of the pro

> But - outside of performative activism and spleen-venting - do they have any interest in sustained or intelligent actions which might address a few of the problems? Well, that would like under the purview of your conundrums of political science, not stuff for the hoi polloi. You don't want a tyranny of the majority, but - I believe this is the point being made - just dismissing popular concerns which have at least a grain of truth will bite you in the arse and take down not just your one pet project, but everything else even vaguely connected. Ultimately here that means solving some thornier problems, because it is an amazing but accurate stereotype these days that the person riding a bike in most cities is more privileged than the person driving. The former could afford a nice place in the city, which is way more than the cost of car ownership - and almost certainly relied on nepotism in some way. To fix that, alternative transit to suburbs NEED to exist, even in the face of negligent or outright malicious government. Accommodation in cities NEEDS to be cheaper, something I'm not sure has ever happened without urban decay and collapse. And lastly, crime, in cities and on transit, NEEDS to be controlled at relatively low levels - yes, even if the perpetrators are minorities. I have to really strongly disagree with the idea that automation makes the law less fair. That's a cheap shot, the progressive's equivalent of "think of the children". High crime areas are not romantic anti-racist utopias where the downtrodden mix rap with ceilidhs. They are shit, they are devastating to any real investment and growth, they hold no opportunity whatsoever to any decent person of any ethnicity, and discussion of policing shouldn't ignore that.

floren 3y ago
> Ultimately here that means solving some thornier problems, because it is an amazing but accurate stereotype these days that the person riding a bike in most cities is more privileged than the person driving. The former could afford a nice place in the city, which is way more than the cost of car ownership - and almost certainly relied on nepotism in some way. During the pandemic SF closed a section of Great Highway, a road that runs along the ocean in the Sunset district, so people could get out and exercise on it and not have to get close to others. Now, Great Highway is also one of the fastest ways to go north-south through the area. I met one guy who lived in Sunset who was welding up caltrops to throw on the road if it was reopened to car traffic. Surely those noble caltrops would know better than to puncture the tires of a single mother driving in from out of town to work at his local coffee shop, though. Talk about privilege.

floren 3y ago

> Ultimately here that means solving some thornier problems, because it is an amazing but accurate stereotype these days that the person riding a bike in most cities is more privileged than the person driving. The former could afford a nice place in the city, which is way more than the cost of car ownership - and almost certainly relied on nepotism in some way. During the pandemic SF closed a section of Great Highway, a road that runs along the ocean in the Sunset district, so people could get out and exercise on it and not have to get close to others. Now, Great Highway is also one of the fastest ways to go north-south through the area. I met one guy who lived in Sunset who was welding up caltrops to throw on the road if it was reopened to car traffic. Surely those noble caltrops would know better than to puncture the tires of a single mother driving in from out of town to work at his local coffee shop, though. Talk about privilege.