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[Markass the Worst]

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PSA: Debunking the Traffic Soyboys Part 3 - The Great Zoning Laws Finklefight - The Daily Rake

I was originally planning to move forward and talking about public transit in this current installment of the Traffic Soyboys series, but my last piece received more fanfare than I originally anticipated, as well as a few very high quality responses. I can’t list them all, so here’s one from...

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PSA: Deboonking the Traffic Soyboys Part 4 – Public Transit, the Best, most Convenient way to get Stabbed to Death - The Daily Rake

In my last piece I went into a brief history of zoning in the US. There were some arguments that people had made to the effect that zoning laws helped them keep the Crime-Americans out. I’m still not sure what the ultimate truth is, and I won’t pretend to have all the answers. I’m extremely...

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The piece on crime (part 4) really hits it out of the park. Here's one winner quote, of many:

Do the urbanist antifas have any solutions to this problem? Does Not Just Bikes have a video on how Amsterdam is so much nicer to bike in because the risk of getting grabbed off your bike and stabbed is so much lower than in Detroit? Are these soyboys getting ready to all put out their videos on how harsher penalties for petty crimes make cities more walkable? Are they just seconds away from telling their NPC followers that execution needs to be on the table for drug dealers?

I only have to add that the most Jason Slaughter has ever come close to even acknowledging crime as an issue is in the following reddit comment:

The US is loaded with systemic issue that prevent people from living happy, healthy lives, as well as building good cities. Should it be my job to cover all of these topics, and why? Knowing Better already covers these issues, and he's actually an American.

I made my channel for exactly one reason: so that other 20 year olds don't need to spend the next 20 years learning about walkability and car-dependency. What they do with that information is up to them. It's not my "job" to fix your city. If I knew how to do that I never would have had to leave.

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And he doesn't even say "crime", just vagueposts about "systemic issues" and dismisses it as irrelevant because his channel is only urban planning. Nowhere else does he ever bring up crime and neither does any other urbanist whenever they champion Amsterdam or Tokyo above New York or San Francisco.

In any case my next OP will definitely be covering crime, drug addiction, policing and other issues urbanists dismiss as "not urban planning" and how they respond to these very real issues.

 

[quaawaa]

Tucker Carlson interviewed Andrés Duany, a New Urbanist, on his daytime show last year:

Spoiler: Archive

Full Show (Paywall) (Bitchute)

Spoiler: Archive

/r/fuckcars shared it today:



Let's see what /r/fuckcars thinks about a conservative giving their ideology a platform:

First the reasonable takes:



Then the typical /r/fuckcars lunacy:






Link is to The Young Turks commentating a Tucker clip of him mocking Martha's Vineyard.

Wrongthinker detected:

Someone notices that Strong Towns doesn't have any hard data and is told that it's not an issue:

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Urbanists brigaded the YouTube comments:

but the comments on Fox News' article (archive) about the interview are a completely different tone and show what his regular viewers thought of the guest:

 

[Markass the Worst]

Then the typical /r/fuckcars lunacy:
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Link is to The Young Turks commentating a Tucker clip of him mocking Martha's Vineyard.

They have to come up with all these rationalizations why Ackshually, Tucker Carlson Agreeing With Us Means Nothing because they can't bear the implication that someone who is considered to be frequently wrong agreeing with fuckcars lunacy increases the likelihood that fuckcars lunacy is wrong (which it is).

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Speaking of brigading comments, a small Youtube channel named Geography King uploaded this video:

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Of course the comments section was invaded by anti-car types admonishing him for daring to make a video about improving car infrastructure:

The reply here is correct, not only does NJB compare two radically different countries but he dismisses any critiques of the Netherlands as being unfriendly for disabled people. To say nothing of the rabbit hole of retardation that is the word "stroad."

"I'm not an anti-highway luddite" yet proceeds to sperg out about muh climate change, hook line and sinker.












This comment nails it on the head:


Most of these comments seem to hate that he made a video about cars alone and didn't also give transit equal video time because cars bad. The kicker though is it turns out Geography King isn't anti-transit and is a bit of an urbanist himself, he made a followup video clarifying his views and saying he's going to make a separate video about needed transit:

Spoiler: archive

In other words this is the same as the CGP Grey situation, where he's attacked and assumed to be a suburban dwelling pro-car nut wanting to bulldoze and pollute everywhere when that couldn't be further from the truth. And the only reason he's attacked is because he dared to make a video about improving car infrastructure rather than abolishing it entirely. Except unlike Geography King, CGP Grey never made a video addressing the hate.

The comments on the response video are less rabid but still full of funny ones. Like this one who's an apologist for rabid anti-car hate and justifies it:

And others holding firm to their anti-car position:









Although thankfully there's still some sanity, including calling out exactly where these types of anti-car people originate from and how:

 

[Blatant hypocrite]

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Smartest train-brain

 

[Mista House]

They all look at PR campaigns from China and assume just any country can magic a HSR network out of nowhere, ignoring a) the CCP runs an authoritarian state and nobody not affiliated with the government gets a say in that operation, and b) the whole network is made out of papier mache and it's just a matter of when, not if, a catastrophic accident occurs on it.

It doesnt even take much research to find out how much of a scam those routes are and how shitty they were built. The US doesnt even have that bad rail infrastructure and ranks higher than many nations but its also massive with some shitty geography which makes HSR a pain. Im certain many of these people have never travelled outside their home nation.

 

[LaxerBRO]

I only have to add that the most Jason Slaughter has ever come close to even acknowledging crime as an issue is in the following reddit comment:

"Knowing Better"
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Knowing Better is a center left YouTuber that seeks to win over mindwits to leftist / progressive thought.

Originally, he was pretty neutral but over the last few years he has gotten more and more leftwing.

P.S. Beau of the Fifth Column is similar in that they try to rope in midwits.

 

[Freya]

More people should post ITT "hey doesn't he know not EVERYONE lives in an urban area and needs cars for work". It hasn't been said enough already, is very original and shows you're a real working class hero, unlike those damn commies

 

[pellegrino31415]

Knowing Better is a center left YouTuber that seeks to win over mindwits to leftist / progressive thought.

Originally, he was pretty neutral but over the last few years he has gotten more and more leftwing.

P.S. Beau of the Fifth Column is similar in that they try to rope in midwits.

Although Beau of the Fifth Column is full on breadtuber who masquerades as center-left to essentially evangelize midwits to the cause. I do believe he has a thread or is being watched on the breadtube thread.

And Knowing Better was not terrible for a time but I haven't watched him in a long while. So I have no idea what he is like now.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

I only have to add that the most Jason Slaughter has ever come close to even acknowledging crime as an issue is in the following reddit comment:


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I hate him so much. There is nothing quite like building an online presence on making highly contentious claims and when you're asked to back it up with evidence, reply "IT'S NOT MY JOB TO EDUCATE YOU! GOOGLE IS A THING!"

If NotJustBikes was really educated on the subjects he talks about he would have a response ready when people raise the issue of urban crime rates. But he isn't, so he doesn't.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I hate him so much. There is nothing quite like building an online presence on making highly contentious claims and when you're asked to back it up with evidence, reply "IT'S NOT MY JOB TO EDUCATE YOU! GOOGLE IS A THING!"

If NotJustBikes was really educated on the subjects he talks about he would have a response ready when people raise the issue of urban crime rates. But he isn't, so he doesn't.

The answer to urban crime is obvious but uncomfortable to the normie: a heavily armed population and personal responsibility. The cops aren't there to save you. They're the clean up crew. As such don't be a idiot, keep a gun or knife on you at all times. These cities would calm down in a week once the gangs realized there's no soft targets left.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

The answer to urban crime is obvious but uncomfortable to the normie: a heavily armed population and personal responsibility. The cops aren't there to save you. They're the clean up crew. As such don't be a idiot, keep a gun or knife on you at all times. These cities would calm down in a week once the gangs realized there's no soft targets left.

No. Cops are important too. Cops have limited use in active crime situations but they are an useful preventative and clean up grew that can be used to set the crime base line. A good police forse can make crime much less profitable and desirable. Even in a crappy shape they often deal with unpleasant situations that might or might not turn awful and are better at it than the regular public. Plus alot of crime is ongoing danger and you need on going action to deal with it.

I'm not saying that personal responsibility and having ability to defend yourself aren't needed. Armed population helps but soft targets are unavoidable. There are always those who are weaker or slower. Someone who got sick suddenly. Elderly. Kids. Heavily pregnant. In wheelchair. Heck, you don't need more than a bad day and be distracted for a moment. Attacks take seconds to get going and if they land the first hit, they are much more likely to win than you are. Plus numbers make winners in most fights.

The true answer is unfortunately both social and personal. They give different protections and give the best results for the individual together. That's why you can have highly armed population with high crime and highly armed population with low crime rate as well as high crime with low armed population and low crime with low armed population. If society is overall peaceful there is a good change you never need to protect yourself but if something happens being able and ready to protect yourself is invaluable.

 

[WelperHelper99]

No. Cops are important too. Cops have limited use in active crime situations but they are an useful preventative and clean up grew that can be used to set the crime base line. A good police forse can make crime much less profitable and desirable. Even in a crappy shape they often deal with unpleasant situations that might or might not turn awful and are better at it than the regular public. Plus alot of crime is ongoing danger and you need on going action to deal with it.

I'm not saying that personal responsibility and having ability to defend yourself aren't needed. Armed population helps but soft targets are unavoidable. There are always those who are weaker or slower. Someone who got sick suddenly. Elderly. Kids. Heavily pregnant. In wheelchair. Heck, you don't need more than a bad day and be distracted for a moment. Attacks take seconds to get going and if they land the first hit, they are much more likely to win than you are. Plus numbers make winners in most fights.

The true answer is unfortunately both social and personal. They give different protections and give the best results for the individual together. That's why you can have highly armed population with high crime and highly armed population with low crime rate as well as high crime with low armed population and low crime with low armed population. If society is overall peaceful there is a good change you never need to protect yourself but if something happens being able and ready to protect yourself is invaluable.

You need both, that is true, I didn't make myself clear on that. I was trying to emphasize a armed population however due to that being the first thing these types of people want gone.

 

[Skeletonized Cow]

More people should post ITT "hey doesn't he know not EVERYONE lives in an urban area and needs cars for work". It hasn't been said enough already, is very original and shows you're a real working class hero, unlike those damn commies

Maybe if one of these retards even thought about anyone who didn't live in a 40K Hive City for once in their lives and shut up about trying to impose on everyone else, then others wouldn't respond in turn.

 

[Freya]

The US is too big. We can't just build rail all across it.

 

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Fren, I like trains quite a bit and would like to see more, but posting a map of the United States of America with a legend identifying "Province Boundary" and "Provincial Capital" is the kind of embarrassing shit that does the cause no good at all.

 

[Freya]

Fren, I like trains quite a bit and would like to see more, but posting a map of the United States of America with a legend identifying "Province Boundary" and "Provincial Capital" is the kind of embarrassing shit that does the cause no good at all.

Who cares sperg

 

[Blatant hypocrite]

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This is why I don't believe anyone who says the US "doesn't care about train infrastructure" or "isn't willing to consider it"

 

[Meriasek]

The US has some pretty cool overnight and multi-day trains across it. I'd actually kinda like to take one some day. Those are mostly slow af sleeper trains that take 52 hours from Chicago to San Francisco. The kind of thing where the journey is the vacation itself, kinda like a more autistic cruise.
The US is continent sized. Even the fastest high speed rail connection is gonna be kinda shite in comparison to flying. It's like 3000 miles from New York to San Francisco, no high speed rail is gonna take that to a time that is even halfway competitive with a plane.

 

[Blatant hypocrite]

The US has some pretty cool overnight and multi-day trains across it. I'd actually kinda like to take one some day. Those are mostly slow af sleeper trains that take 52 hours from Chicago to San Francisco. The kind of thing where the journey is the vacation itself, kinda like a more autistic cruise.
The US is continent sized. Even the fastest high speed rail connection is gonna be kinda shite in comparison to flying. It's like 3000 miles from New York to San Francisco, no high speed rail is gonna take that to a time that is even halfway competitive with a plane.

Also, the US uses a lot of freight rail, because it's actually economical to do so. Gravel doesn't care whether it takes two hours or two weeks to reach a place.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Also, the US uses a lot of freight rail, because it's actually economical to do so. Gravel doesn't care whether it takes two hours or two weeks to reach a place.

Freight rail makes sense, we have a huge landmass, the base system has been there since the 1800's, and it transports huge amounts of cargo to a set amount of stops, hense making it efficient. While with a single person, you have highways to cross the states, or a plane, both of which don't involve tunneling through mountains.