Posted on 05/28/2015 7:54:38 AM PDT by Ray76
[] this is part two of a three part trifecta on the utter catastrophe that has befallen what was once America's jewel in her industrial crown, namely her inner-cities. In part one, we looked at the locust-like plague that drugs, especially crack cocaine, has inflicted on America's cities. Today, we'll look at the political perfect storm of Democratic policies that have not only allowed this to happen, but in fact, fostered it. And in part three, we will struggle to find some solutions to this multi-generational mess.
I think the short form is that America's cities were once home to a labor force driven by the Industrial Revolution. We had about a century where people fled the agricultural first-wave world of farms and plantations for the second-wave industrial world of the factories. But now that those jobs have left, the failing educational system, plus government hand-outs, have taken away both the tools and the motivation for people to join the third-wave information and service-age economies that we find ourselves living in today.
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Yes.
IE Detroit, answer to title, YES.
YES. Next question.
The statistical probability that the theory is correct is a perfect “1”.
Is a bear catholic?
Is the bear Catholic? Does the Pope...?
Demography is destiny.
Everywhere the Democrats are in control there is poverty and collapse.
Where’s the pic of the bear in the woods?
5 posts before yours.
Yes. Next Question.
Aw, dump...
Next question - did they INTEND the results we see?
For the answer to that, you have to divide the left into the “evil” and the “duped”.
The duped think they actually intended to help people.
The evil know that destroying the culture gives them more power.
Compare and Contrast: Hiroshima and Detroit
Yes.
Urban environments have had problems long before Democrats existed. A better case could be made that urban environments are breeding grounds for bad behavior including governance which is “statist”. (I use that term since the urban problem goes far enough back in history that being liberal was a good thing.)
Secular humanism and statism are what is destroying cities. The democrats are the ones who are promoting both via pandering and power grabs. They also embrace both statism and secular humanism in thier beliefs.
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