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It's "gentrification" when people with money move in, and "white flight" when they move out. Chase those tech workers out and watch public tax revenue, infrastr
by crassus 13y ago
It's "gentrification" when people with money move in, and "white flight" when they move out. Chase those tech workers out and watch public tax revenue, infrastructure, police force, and schools go down the tube.
Presumably, progressives want people making decent money to stay exactly where they are and neither come nor leave
But the real reason for the protests is that it offers a sense of belonging and meaning in a post-religious world. God may be dead, but now we have social justice
Stay safe out there guys. Lefties can be dangerous[1]
[1] http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/12/20/san-francisco-tech-shuttle-buses-blocked/4147335/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/12/20/san-francisco-...
- dreamdu5t 13y agoGod may be dead, but now we have social justice Glad someone else recognizes this.
- crucini 13y agoYup. Next step is to extrapolate the saints, dogmas and heresies of the current church.
- ekianjo 13y agoOh, we already have Saint Jobs.
- yetanotherphd 13y agoNot only that, but the idea that the truth is too subtle and complex for the masses, so it is better to feed them ideas known to be false by the leaders. I always hear "educated" liberals say how crime is caused by poverty, and that race isn't a factor after poverty is accounted for. I have read plenty of academic topics on the paper, and liberal academics are very happy to acknowledge that poverty cannot account for the race difference in crime rates. But these academics have proven their loyalty to the true faith, so they can say these things within their own circles. Ordinary people who try to make this same claim will be socially punished.
- prodigal_erik 13y agoI was startled to see "I'm a fifth-generation San Franciscan" as if merely not moving away is making a claim on having a place in the city, more so than actually choosing to relocate there. He almost sounds nostalgic for serfdom, because you can (and must) work the same farm your parents did for life.