Comment on How Did Nearly Every American City End Up Like This?
AviAdi@lemmy.world 4 days agoThe progressives of the early 20th century deemed public transportation as old fashioned and welcomed new technology that destroyed our cities. Those same progressives sold the idea we can “help” black communities by declaring blight and providing government housing. How did that work out?
How did that new deal work out for you folks?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 days ago
Ah, you are conflating Progressives with Neo Libertarians?
AviAdi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No. Neo libertarians didn’t take power until 80s. This was done earlier than that. Mainly by New Deal Progressives.
Brief history lesson:
USA had the greatest public transportation network in early 1900s, all run by private companies (capitalism)
The new deal progressives took power, they viewed technology and big government as a way to solve all societies problems! The automobile was amazing but without roads it wasn’t able to go anywhere. The progressives used the government and government money (socialism) to build highways and turn everything into car orientated development. Since public transportation was all privatized (capitalism) it was deemed evil.
And here you are, this is your socialist utopia. Your government is in charge of the roads. Your government used eminent domain to tear up neighborhoods for highway projects. Your government decided where people could drive to and that was that. THIS IS PROGRESSIVISM MANIFEST. THIS IS WHAT PROGRESSIVES WANTED. CONSERVATIVES HATED IT BUT THEY WERE SILENCED.
We lost the best public transportation networks, we lost walkable cities, we lost clean air and close nature. All because of PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
baines@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
we have a live one here lmao
AviAdi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The truth hurts your eyes? What is incorrect about what I wrote? Who built all the roads? Who destroyed neighborhoods for highways? It wasn’t corporations. It was the government run by New deal Progressives who wanted CHANGE
DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 days ago
First of all, your US defaultism is showing. Second the 20th Century is 1980 to 1990s, thus your statement about how the Public Transport Network in the 1900s is absolute irrelevant. Third the Neo Libs took Charge after the 80s? So in the 20th Century? Thus concludes, you are indeed conflating Neo Libs with Progressives.
AviAdi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
THIS FUCKING VIDEO IS ABOUT AMERICAN CITIES!!! MY US DEFAULTISM??? THIS THREAD IS ABOUT AMERICAN CITIES HOLY SHIT
20TH CENTURY IS 1980 TO 1990S? 😂😂😂 LMFAO WOW
NEVERMIND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. WOW. 😂😂😂