It's a random and old one but it's not spam, important note given the spammers lately.

Archive for those that don't want to click a random link. https://archive.is/cOvdq

The argument does fail on a core premise for me though. Gentrification/touristification is absolutely not for the greater good, even by purely utilitarian reasons.

They even touch on why not briefly but don't fully explore the implications. The tourists and gentry already have somewhere to belong. By making it more accessible for the masses but less accessible for the current outcasts they aren't increasing the number of people who belong, because the masses already had somewhere to be and you can't be in two places at once. You're just uprooting people for no good reason other than their "betters" decided they wanted a taste of their lunch and kicked them off the table they made, to eat the food they made. All whilst leaving armed guards around their own plate of cake they were eating before, because they still want to have and eat that too.

It's a random and old one but it's not spam, important note given the spammers lately.

Archive for those that don't want to click a random link. https://archive.is/cOvdq

The argument does fail on a core premise for me though. Gentrification/touristification is absolutely not for the greater good, even by purely utilitarian reasons.

They even touch on why not briefly but don't fully explore the implications. The tourists and gentry already have somewhere to belong. By making it more accessible for the masses but less accessible for the current outcasts they aren't increasing the number of people who belong, because the masses already had somewhere to be and you can't be in two places at once. You're just uprooting people for no good reason other than their "betters" decided they wanted a taste of their lunch and kicked them off the table they made, to eat the food they made. All whilst leaving armed guards around their own plate of steak sous vide they left behind, because they still want that too.