San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
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Jonathan Todd Ross
About this listen
National best-selling 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 30 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.
©2021 Michael Shellenberger (P)2021 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about San Fransicko
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- Naalongo Acholi
- 29-11-2022
Insightful and Eye Opening
Because of the amount of historical perspective, i felt the current sad state of affairs was clear. The potential solutions feel definitely worth exploring. It definitely adjusted my earlier thinking. A worthwhile read.
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- geoffm
- 12-02-2022
Progressive policy can be regressive
Well crafted arguments and anecdotal stories together with objective analysis make for a good read.
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- David Smart
- 02-08-2022
End the Right-Left war and let’s actually help people
The self-indulgent need to be politically correct is killing society. While we’re all hyped up on cancelling people, other people we say we care about are on the streets dying. Everyone should read this book and consider if their life is actually making an impact or just contributing to the divisions and hate.
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- Matt Macdonald
- 30-12-2022
Overall pretty good
Some of the sourcing was from bias, non credible sources like Washington post and others that are just untrustworthy.
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