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> amounts to having political control over land use decisions This exists in America, in ways that have generally escaped the label of "Communism". The most b
by gitonup 3y ago
> amounts to having political control over land use decisions
This exists in America, in ways that have generally escaped the label of "Communism". The most basic example of this most will be familiar with is zoning laws, but there is significant precedent otherwise. There will always be a gradient of control, and claiming that a singular government action in expansion is therefore communist is not intellectually honest.
- Gormo 2y agos people object to zoning laws for exactly the same reason. Have Jacobs won renown for pointing out exactly how zoning laws undermined the emergent nature of cities, and destroyed value for their residents. Whatever label you call it by, the critique is the same: central planning is far worse than organic emergence.
- Gormo 2y agoThat should be "Some people" and "Jane Jacobs". Apologies for the phone-induced typos.