San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Michael Shellenberger
- National
- bestselling
- author
- of
- APOCALYPSE
- NEVER
- skewers
- progressives
- for
- the
- mishandling
- of
- America’s
- faltering
- cities.Progressives
- claimed
- they
- knew
- how
- to
- solve
- homelessness,
- inequality,
- and
- crime.
- But
- in
- cities
- they
- control,
- progressives
- made
- those
- problems
- worse.Michael
- Shellenberger
- has
- lived
- in
- the
- San
- Francisco
- Bay
- Area
- for
- thirty
- years.
- During
- that
- time,
- he
- advocated
- for
- the
- decriminalization
- of
- drugs,
- affordable
- housing,
- and
- alternatives
- to
- jail
- and
- prison.
- But
- as
- homeless
- encampments
- spread,
- and
- overdose
- deaths
- skyrocketed,
- Shellenberger
- decided
- to
- take
- a
- closer
- look
- at
- the
- problem.What
- he
- discovered
- shocked
- him.
- The
- problems
- had
- grown
- worse
- not
- despite
- but
- because
- of
- progressive
- policies.
- San
- Francisco
- and
- other
- West
- Coast
- cities
- —
- Los
- Angeles,
- Seattle,
- Portland
- —
- had
- gone
- beyond
- merely
- tolerating
- homelessness,
- drug
- dealing,
- and
- crime
- to
- actively
- enabling
- them.San
- Fransicko
- reveals
- that
- the
- underlying
- problem
- isn’t
- a
- lack
- of
- housing
- or
- money
- for
- social
- programs.
- The
- real
- problem
- is
- an
- ideology
- that
- designates
- some
- people,
- by
- identity
- or
- experience,
- as
- victims
- entitled
- to
- destructive
- behaviors.
- The
- result
- is
- an
- undermining
- of
- the
- values
- that
- make
- cities,
- and
- civilization
- itself, possible.
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