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Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Are cars here to stay? This week on Upzoned, Host Abby Kinney leads a spirited discussion (joined by Strong Towns President Chuck Marohn and Strong Towns Board Member John Reuter) on just such a provocatively titled post written on the Persuasion Substack by Alex Trembath.
For Kinney and her guests, the summary or subtitle, “Real progress on climate change will require innovations that some on the left won’t like” was the poke in the ribs that got the conversation rolling and moods shifted.
Trembath writes that fossil fuel manufacturers and automakers are not responsible for the appetite Americans have for commuting to suburban developments. The author criticizes the urbanist and climate movements for not adequately reckoning with the enduring appeal of suburbs and car commutes.
What's the Strong Towns take on this issue? Find out in this episode of Upzoned!
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You’ll probably find the people you’re looking for by searching solarpunk. Also, Chuck also reads the very well known Anarchist David Graeber. This stuff is FAR from the traditional leftists you see represented by the liberal corporate media, in which they’re either called naive hippy dreamers or they’re or pretend leftists who are actually crazy right wing libertarians.
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
I believe the author is talking about far leftists such as Anarchists, certain Socialist/Communists groups who believe democrats/Liberals are centrists or even right wingers and see Democrats and Republicans as neoliberal corporate cronies. Far leftists, especially Anarchists, believe in bottom up approaches, very similar to Strong Town models. Many of these groups believe in much more nuanced environmental approaches realizing that there is no silver bullet and electric cars aren’t enough.
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
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