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Unfortunately, San Francisco has more than its share of untreated mentally ill, and this note reads like that to me.

by trevyn 13y ago

matthewmacleod 13y ago
I think that's a bit of a trivialisation of the issue. There's clearly a literate, intelligent, and reasonably well-organised group that's been pushing this stuff recently, and I struggle to picture who they are, and why they're wasting their time like this.
- doctorcroc 13y ago
  Resentment, plain and simple. The tech industry represents a missed chance for those who did not hop on board. And compounded by SV's tendency to produce lots of self-serving products (and not to mention the implicit elitism), this sentiment was bound to emerge.
  - 001sky 13y ago
    To be fair, I don't think anarchists in SF envision silicon valley as a "missed chance". Silicon Valley has been there for 50 years. Silicon Valley came to them. Whether or not anyone agrees, that's how they see it. Genrtification isn't about winning--or losing--for them its about killing a place/era they used to calll home. Think woodstock or other "lost eras". Those times only last a short while and are fleeting. Because they are a function of the fact that they were new and unknown (at the time). Once everyone tramples into the place, whatever place it was before is gone. Even if you still are theree: it sucks having "new neighbors" thay you just don't like. Even if you're a landowner or an established person. See, eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7540842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7540842 (Similar story in NY)
- dragontamer 13y ago
  http://www.examiner.com/article/anarchists-occupy-abandoned-school-for-may-day-11-arrested-say-police http://www.examiner.com/article/anarchists-occupy-abandoned-... They're the San Francisco Anarchists, well known for Black Bloc protests. They believe in a more extreme means to protesting. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8867137/Occupy-protesters-shut-down-the-port-of-Oakland-near-San-Francisco-California.html?image=6 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8... Rebellion, vandalism, and property damage are their tools. Anarchists have their own philosophy (arguably, its just a more extreme branch of Libertarianism).
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Unfortunately, San Francisco has more than its share of untreated mentally ill, and this note reads like that to me.

by trevyn 13y ago

Unfortunately, San Francisco has more than its share of untreated mentally ill, and this note reads like that to me.

I think that's a bit of a trivialisation of the issue. There's clearly a literate, intelligent, and reasonably well-organised group that's been pushing this stuff recently, and I struggle to picture who they are, and why they're wasting their time like this.

doctorcroc 13y ago
Resentment, plain and simple. The tech industry represents a missed chance for those who did not hop on board. And compounded by SV's tendency to produce lots of self-serving products (and not to mention the implicit elitism), this sentiment was bound to emerge.
- 001sky 13y ago
  To be fair, I don't think anarchists in SF envision silicon valley as a "missed chance". Silicon Valley has been there for 50 years. Silicon Valley came to them. Whether or not anyone agrees, that's how they see it. Genrtification isn't about winning--or losing--for them its about killing a place/era they used to calll home. Think woodstock or other "lost eras". Those times only last a short while and are fleeting. Because they are a function of the fact that they were new and unknown (at the time). Once everyone tramples into the place, whatever place it was before is gone. Even if you still are theree: it sucks having "new neighbors" thay you just don't like. Even if you're a landowner or an established person. See, eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7540842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7540842 (Similar story in NY)
dragontamer 13y ago
http://www.examiner.com/article/anarchists-occupy-abandoned-school-for-may-day-11-arrested-say-police http://www.examiner.com/article/anarchists-occupy-abandoned-... They're the San Francisco Anarchists, well known for Black Bloc protests. They believe in a more extreme means to protesting. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8867137/Occupy-protesters-shut-down-the-port-of-Oakland-near-San-Francisco-California.html?image=6 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8... Rebellion, vandalism, and property damage are their tools. Anarchists have their own philosophy (arguably, its just a more extreme branch of Libertarianism).
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