The really insidious thing about "15-minute cities" is that they prima facie don't sound like a bad idea, but it's really weird that a bunch of globalist oligarchs are suddenly taking such a keen interest in urban planning. Somehow I doubt that it's because these oligarchs just want people to be more physically active by encouraging walking and cycling over driving.
But every time I try to explain this to a normie, they just get stuck on the subject of urban planning, and how it sure would be nice if everything they needed was within walking distance. Doesn't help that there are lots of fat retards who spazz out at the mention of 15-minute cities, not because of who's behind this concept, but because they're legitimately offended by the prospect of having to walk anywhere. Same fat retards who use motorized shopping carts in stores even though they're not crippled, they can walk, they're just lazy fat fucks who end up dominating the other side of the debate and end up making the urbanite soys seem like the reasonable ones by comparison.
It's a motte and bailey strategy. As you say, it would be a good thing if cities were built with sufficient affordable housing and services near where you want people to work, but anyone who genuinely means that when they say "15 Minute City" is being used as cover for the totalitarians who just want to put everyone under house arrest.
15 minute cities were perfectly accomplished and figured out in the late 1800's. 5-10 story apartments with the street facing ground level being reserved for businesses, courtyards with plenty of greenery for those who want peace and quiet, wide boulevards with trams for public transport.
Paris and Stockholm used to be perfect examples of this.
Another part of the 15-minute cities narrative is smaller housing units in order to spare the environment. Or in other words, paying more for less is being idea laundered through an environmental conservation narrative. And the reason why people can't get bigger housing is because of immigration. Immigrants who are now consuming on first world standards, instead of third world standards.
The really insidious thing about "15-minute cities" is that they prima facie don't sound like a bad idea, but it's really weird that a bunch of globalist oligarchs are suddenly taking such a keen interest in urban planning. Somehow I doubt that it's because these oligarchs just want people to be more physically active by encouraging walking and cycling over driving.
But every time I try to explain this to a normie, they just get stuck on the subject of urban planning, and how it sure would be nice if everything they needed was within walking distance. Doesn't help that there are lots of fat retards who spazz out at the mention of 15-minute cities, not because of who's behind this concept, but because they're legitimately offended by the prospect of having to walk anywhere. Same fat retards who use motorized shopping carts in stores even though they're not crippled, they can walk, they're just lazy fat fucks who end up dominating the other side of the debate and end up making the urbanite soys seem like the reasonable ones by comparison.
It's a motte and bailey strategy. As you say, it would be a good thing if cities were built with sufficient affordable housing and services near where you want people to work, but anyone who genuinely means that when they say "15 Minute City" is being used as cover for the totalitarians who just want to put everyone under house arrest.
15 minute cities were perfectly accomplished and figured out in the late 1800's. 5-10 story apartments with the street facing ground level being reserved for businesses, courtyards with plenty of greenery for those who want peace and quiet, wide boulevards with trams for public transport.
Paris and Stockholm used to be perfect examples of this.
Another part of the 15-minute cities narrative is smaller housing units in order to spare the environment. Or in other words, paying more for less is being idea laundered through an environmental conservation narrative. And the reason why people can't get bigger housing is because of immigration. Immigrants who are now consuming on first world standards, instead of third world standards.