Coursing through the veins of the private markets by force of slogans is a 'self-sustaining' ideology for keeping degrowth in play, no matter the external cost.
Paused my reading of this article to offer an anecdote after reading this:
"The roads argument is actually one of the less good pro-government arguments, given that roads are by their nature, not just decentralized, but reside in different political geographies, often resulting in the kind of road the locals roughly “want” to pay for..."
I recently spent a month in Austin Texas. Mostly going back and forth between Pflugerville and Round Rock, taking LYFT.
I was ASTONISHED at the abominable condition of the "side roads" my drivers took.
How long would a set of tires, and mufflers, SURVIVE?
Paused my reading of this article to offer an anecdote after reading this:
"The roads argument is actually one of the less good pro-government arguments, given that roads are by their nature, not just decentralized, but reside in different political geographies, often resulting in the kind of road the locals roughly “want” to pay for..."
I recently spent a month in Austin Texas. Mostly going back and forth between Pflugerville and Round Rock, taking LYFT.
I was ASTONISHED at the abominable condition of the "side roads" my drivers took.
How long would a set of tires, and mufflers, SURVIVE?
The stuff of "Emerging Nations". Not kidding.
Ok, back to your article.
Haha, ok, point taken - poetic license... interesting to know - I haven't been for a while. Thanks for reading!
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