To paraphrase Mark Twain: https://sfist.com/2023/07/07/san-francisco-was-declared-dead-and-full-of-aids-and-drugs-and-homeless-people-multiple-times-in-the-las

To paraphrase Mark Twain: https://sfist.com/2023/07/07/san-francisco-was-declared-dead-and-full-of-aids-and-drugs-and-homeless-people-multiple-times-in-the-last-50-years/ https://sfist.com/2023/07/07/san-francisco-was-declared-dead... The difference now is that we've turned partisan rhetoric up to eleven, demonized intellectuals, and facilitated instant communication between strangers. It's always been a "hellscape", but the discourse now just fucking sucks because it's so easy to broadcast your dumbass hot take everywhere.