This is a Renaissance painting.
No, the opposite of a Renaissance.
Dégringolade.
20 years.
2 stalls.
A full press conference.
A toilet paper ribbon.
No scissors.
Idiocratically oblivious pride in this “accomplishment”.
And a model that is being exported all over America.
No, the opposite of a Renaissance.
Dégringolade.
20 years.
2 stalls.
A full press conference.
A toilet paper ribbon.
No scissors.
Idiocratically oblivious pride in this “accomplishment”.
And a model that is being exported all over America.
https://twitter.com/austen/status/1489012752345870337
I can’t get over how stupid this is.
It is decivilization.
Literal Idiocracy.
Gawking at a flush toilet from multiple camera angles.
13 billion dollars a year for the city.
No one in the whole imbroglio seems to recognize how underwhelming it all is.
It is decivilization.
Literal Idiocracy.
Gawking at a flush toilet from multiple camera angles.
13 billion dollars a year for the city.
No one in the whole imbroglio seems to recognize how underwhelming it all is.
The thing is that SF is not just the future of much of America. It is its present.
Its governance model may be terrible for citizens. And terribly wasteful of money. But it secures sinecures for parasites & funds the homeless industrial complex.
They’re happy with the outcome.
Its governance model may be terrible for citizens. And terribly wasteful of money. But it secures sinecures for parasites & funds the homeless industrial complex.
They’re happy with the outcome.
https://twitter.com/nextlamayor/status/1397580511921328132
It’s the major West Coast cities. It’s SF, LA, Seattle, Portland.
Here is how the cycle works.
More homeless →
Voters see them →
Send money to homeless industrial complex to fix it →
More syringes, “safe injection” sites, ads to snort drugs →
More homeless
Infinite loop.
Here is how the cycle works.
More homeless →
Voters see them →
Send money to homeless industrial complex to fix it →
More syringes, “safe injection” sites, ads to snort drugs →
More homeless
Infinite loop.
https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1488905239965188108
This explains why the SF “business model” is spreading: visible collapse causes voters to throw money at a problem, which is captured by the people causing collapse. And used to amplify it.
Yes, it’s surrounded by holy rhetoric, but this is the result.
amazon.com/San-Fransicko-…
Yes, it’s surrounded by holy rhetoric, but this is the result.
amazon.com/San-Fransicko-…
This also explains why there’s no sense of shame. For a job so poorly done, with rampant crime & dysfunctional schools, you’d expect *some* to bow their heads, admit failure, and step down. Instead they fight to the end.
Why? This is their gravy train, their title, their career.
Why? This is their gravy train, their title, their career.
Finally, this explains why tech efforts to reform woke-controlled cities like SF are likely to fail.
Woke is win or die.
Tech is win or move.
If woke loses, they lose it all — their whole political machine & careers up in smoke. If tech loses, it just moves.
They want it more.
Woke is win or die.
Tech is win or move.
If woke loses, they lose it all — their whole political machine & careers up in smoke. If tech loses, it just moves.
They want it more.
That doesn’t mean all is hopeless. Tech just needs to do what we’re good at.
We can go to willing cities (like Miami) or even build new ones from scratch.
It was easier to build BTC than to reform the Fed, and it may be easier to start a new city than to reform San Francisco.
We can go to willing cities (like Miami) or even build new ones from scratch.
It was easier to build BTC than to reform the Fed, and it may be easier to start a new city than to reform San Francisco.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1481882110172360708
People often ask “if tech has been so successful in other areas why doesn’t it work on cities?”
Because tech is not about *reform*. It is about building 10X alternatives and draining away all the customers.
It didn’t reform TV or USPS. They still exist. It did obsolesce them.
Because tech is not about *reform*. It is about building 10X alternatives and draining away all the customers.
It didn’t reform TV or USPS. They still exist. It did obsolesce them.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1481860208850706438
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