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That's a vacuous argument. By that logic, you can easily dismiss all problems in a democratic society since the source of the problem is "the people". In reali
by slabity 3y ago
That's a vacuous argument. By that logic, you can easily dismiss all problems in a democratic society since the source of the problem is "the people".
In reality, there were huge misinformation and lobbyist campaigns waged by automobile manufacturers and energy companies to stop any decent public transportation projects. Even our laws on jaywalking were originally manufactured as an effort to demonize pedestrian traffic.
- ekianjo 3y agoi dont know about the automobile lobby but public transit projects have suffered from corruption mismanagement and awful planning as well.
- ttymck 3y agoYou're absolutely right. But I would argue "cities" is no less vacuous than my wording.
- Paul-Craft 3y agoNo, it's not vacuous at all. "The people (who have an interest in the matter)" and "the people who live there and vote for city government" are not the same "people." That's a large part of the problem.