Victor Davis Hanson thinks some American cities are in a Doom-Loop. Do you agree?
Category: Social Disasters
Cities – 15 Minute
Are 15-minute cities a good idea? Yes and No. It would be convenient if every part of a city had everything you needed. But ultimately, people in power will use it as a control mechanism.
Get everyone to use transit, and you can control their movements.
Have everyone live in buildings without land, and you control their food supply.
Get everyone to go cashless, and you control their access to money.
I could be wrong, but the man’s chickens in the video below have everything they need, and he makes a good point.
Cities – Lifestyle Centers
Fake towns, lifestyle centers, power centers, whatever you want to call them, they are basically outdoor malls. And it’s interesting to see these shopping malls attempting to replicate the town centers they decimated in the past.
CityNerd’s overview of this is interesting:
Disaster – Make 1984 Fiction Again
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'”- George Orwell 1984.
Timothy French 