Project 2025: As Bad for Cities as You Think It Is

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[@CityNerd]

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[@thomasbalough4310]

Really, Ray? What’s particularly sick about you deleting my comment is that I’m a “vote blue no matter” guy this election cycle. Still, I care about the truth.

[@fleecejohnsonn]

The conservative transportation policy is essentially the status-quo which isn't surprising. Tell me this, why is transit infrastructure so terrible in the US despite most cities being led by those of the democratic party that constantly make promises to deliver better transportation yet always seem to fail? It is mostly those of the democratic party in city councils that decide our local zoning laws and they are also complicit in maintaining the single-family zoning status-quo. They failed to make any significant policy changes to transportation during Obama's two terms and Biden's term has only partially supported California's HSR plan. Both parties fail horribly on transportation policy because the republicans are openly status quo (at least they're not lying about it) and the democrats lie about not supporting the status-quo.

[@lyndakorner2383]

This isn't just policy. Project 2025 provides Trump with step-by-step instructions to convert the U.S.A. into a dictatorship. These people plan to eliminate civil-service protections for 50,000 employees and to fire them. They would, then, be replaced not by "partisan hacks" necessarily but by Trump loyalists who will do his bidding. These people have already been vetted, and they include replacements for the Department of Justice and for the military. Trump has already said publicly that he will fire all of the generals and replace them with loyalists who will serve him and not the Constitution.

[@patrickderp1044]

@@fleecejohnsonn very good point. they cant make their own spots habitable even when they have had all the power for decades in some of those places. more people move out than move in every year for several blue cities

[@neil8949]

City Nerd is a phony and a failed urban planner.

[@cryptelligence]

Man, letting Uber get the "public transportation" taxes while still defining drivers as contractors in order to avoid paying HR taxes is peak antisocial corporate greed.

[@DirtbagLexi]

"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy", it's class warfare from the top down and has been that way since this country's inception when only land owning white men could vote. We're way overdue for fighting back.

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor

[@skibbityb1]

But it’s an app on your phone so it’s innovation, not dystopian dismantling of labor protection for workers /s

[@fairyprincess911]

@@angelikaskoroszyn8495Workers unite! Don't have to be in a union to walk off the job collectively

[@alexeyman7301]

Is it peak? I'm sure they can do better given time and practice

[@frontrowviews]

“This underfunded public transit doesn’t work. Therefore we are going to underfund it even more!”

[@johnrobertpartyka9939]

The modern Republican ethos, in a nutshell.

[@memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133]

His point about "just give Texas a big block grant with no earmarks, they'll totally give enough to DART/Cap Metro/Houston Metro and not pour it all into highway widening" is well taken.

[@xibalbalon8668]

That's the conservative tactic. The right wing tried to do it to the NHS in the UK. Defund defund defund, then say it's useless and that we should just privatize it

[@jamesphillips2285]

@@xibalbalon8668 It is like Conservatives are determined to prove that "big government" doesn't work by being really bad at governing. No idea how they get a reputation for being good fiscal stewards either. They cut taxes, then act surprised at the resulting revenue short-fall. No businesses won't be eager to invest enough in growth in order to pay the same taxes as before. They will use the money for stock buy-backs and executive bonuses instead.

[@DillyTheWillyWilliams]

They make too much money selling cars and gas.

[@jojodelacroix]

To anybody that wants to unsubscribe because they don't want politics in their video about city planning, I just want to say reconsider for a second. City planning isn't an abstract thing that we do in SimCity or something, it is a deeply political project. It requires funding from almost every level of the government and is fundamentally shaped by laws surrounding zoning, speed limits, etc. There is one party in this country that doesn't want cities to be livable. They want single family homes and lots and lots of gas powered cars. If you're a fan of this channel, but not of politics, I hope you can at least rethink how politics directly shape the cities we call home. That's just a thought though.

[@UnicornDreamsPastelSkies]

I agree. Even in SimCity, the role the player plays is that of the mayor. So even there and then, there's some political aspect involved. Well said.

[@gurupurkha]

I’m a car guy and agree with your words.

[@Banom7a]

even SimCity have the advisor thing and taxes so it's already political thing involved, and in SC4, the healthcare and education may went on strike when you underfunded them.

[@traveller23e]

@@UnicornDreamsPastelSkies Funny thing about simcity, I only have Simcity3000 unlimited but there it's remarkably difficult to make a city that isn't car-centric. There's no way to make pedestrian zones, plazas, or footpaths and what's more the game seems to have been balanced such that rail/subway transit gets congested as easily or more easily than roads (which additionally are suspiciously cheap to maintain).

[@Maranville]

It's not that planning isn't political, but rather that it's a particular political issue, and if you want the maximum number of allies and collaborators to get things done, then you'll avoid unnecessarily tying it to other issues.

[@centurionzen1005]

"Preventing highway deaths is slowing down our economy" Is something straight out of a comically evil villain's plan for world domination

[@TheSkyGuy77]

People literally think that its not real, yet the document is PUBLICLY available...

[@mariusvanc]

It's no more real than WEF Great Reset Agenda, or the idea that 1/4 Hour Cities will make it difficult/expensive/inconvenient/impossible for regular people to travel long distance ad hoc. Turn off the TV, too many corporations profit when you're constantly terrified and afraid of your own shadow.

[@alquinn8576]

yeah it's a think tank novel and not actually endorsed by Trump

[@pensive-penguin]

And folks like Alex Jones are openly expressing anger that Trump isn’t publicly supporting it. Lol. It’s just like with January 6. On one hand they say it’s a false flag by antifa or whatever, but on the other they praise the rioters as heroes. They can’t even make up their minds on which nonsense they believe

[@pensive-penguin]

@@alquinn8576 lol. What would Trump supporters be if not totally gullible? It was written by Trump‘s very own henchman and it perfectly aligns with the nationalistic rhetoric Trump has been spewing for eight years now, but somehow he suddenly has no idea about any of it. Give me a break

[@allergy5634]

@@alquinn8576That think tank just so happens to be one of the most powerful and best funded in the world. The Heritage foundation is not exactly a fringe movement. Even if it’s not in the mainstream Republican Party now, it has its support. Is it so crazy to worry that some more pushing by an extremely wealthy organisation could slowly normalise the ideas in project 2025?

[@IDoThings490]

Urban planning was one of the first subjects I looked for on the Project 2025, it's a complete nightmare for anybody who isn't a fossil fuel billionaire. It's crazy how much of our politics is ruled by a few people with their obscene amounts of money

[@Lessinath]

The Hobbit movies feature Smaug, a giant dragon who murdered a city to amass a treasure hoard larger than anything most people can dream of. It is literal massive halls filled with mounds of gems, golden coins and objects tens of meters high. The dragon as depicted in the movie is over 400 feet long and still dwarfed by his own piles of treasure. But the real horror has nothing to do with this dramatic and very, very evil monster. The real horror comes when you realize that if Smaug were real and in the United States, he would not be the richest person (or creature, I guess) in the United States. He would be 18th in the US and 25th globally. He also wouldn't have the highest personal body count either, especially if you count the indirect deaths caused by billionaire pushed, greed driven policy.

[@gabe6646]

​@@Lessinath This comparison is more shocking than that one website that visualized Bezos' wealth compared to several other people and organizations with a massive bar graph that you had to scroll across to see

[@natehunter2961]

You're overestimating the impact of the feds on urban planning. Project 2025 would be a funding drought for certain things and very little more at the city level.

[@trapmuzik6708]

literally the dumbest set of ideas I ever heard the opposite of good urbanism

[@Lessinath]

@@trapmuzik6708 They hate cities because cities have more progressive populations, on average. So it being the opposite of good urbanism is the whole point.

[@Cammi-Cat-XIII]

Trump: “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it” Also Trump: makes public speech for the Heritage Foundation with their logo in the background

[@sulktheredpanda]

And then all the MAGA people in the comments calling CityNerd a “political hack” lmaoooo

[@sertorius3319]

Even he has the wherewithal to know how damaging it would be to publicly endorse it.

[@marcusviniciusdoprado7508]

The very Fact that he said he doesn’t know anything, than saying he doesn’t agree with some ideas is already a lie and a paradox

[@vietimports]

also fill his administration with heritage foundation people, and his campaign is run by heritage foundation people

[@Ullumma]

Check out Agenda 47

[@CatalystOfFire]

As someone who works 50 hours a week, I was excited to read that they intend to stop forcing corporations to pay overtime. Beyond EVERYTHING ELSE, the fact that I would be homeless if I couldn't live in my mom's attic, the fact that I spent my 20s paying off a certificate program, the fact that I'm losing four of my teeth because it would cost several thousand dollars for root canals, and I've been working since I turned 16 to afford to pay bills and student loans, I mean... Hell yeah, man! Cut that overtime pay! Twisty knives fit the best!

[@youtubecrack]

At least you'll still have your sense of humor. Good luck to you out there guy.

[@CatalystOfFire]

@@youtubecrack I'm bringing a sleeping bag to work lol

[@dhj-i8g]

@@CatalystOfFire Oooh, there's a guy who runs a car company, a rocket company, and a social media company who is totally into that!

[@kb_100]

Re: your dental issues. Do you think you could go to Mexico for that work? I'm sure there are very good dentists there who would do the work for a fraction of the cost in the US.

[@CatalystOfFire]

@@kb_100 Nope. I could walk to Canada faster than I could drive to Mexico. I've been looking at trying to move to Canada but that costs money as well lol

[@swaggery]

Project 2025: Speedrunning to Become a Third World Country

[@tann_man]

they want mass deportation not mass migration lmao

[@TheSkyGuy77]

*speed running into becoming a Xtian version of Iran

[@barryrobbins7694]

@@swaggery They are trying to get closer to the Republic of Gilead.

[@PacificEmperor]

They want a higher birth rate. Third world countries have the highest birth rates. It all makes sense now.

[@prakashmayadev4715]

you have never lived in a third world country.

[@itsROMPERS...]

Privatize public transit so billionaires can get richer off bankrupting citizens who just need to get somewhere.

[@youtubecrack]

I use the bus daily. I cannot afford an Uber. It's like 40 bucks versus $2.50 to get where I'm going.

[@JustFollowingOrders12]

Billionaires are already rich. But I get what you're saying

[@itsROMPERS...]

@@youtubecrack the bus is free where I live

[@itsROMPERS...]

@@JustFollowingOrders12 I edited my comment so people couldn't make silly comments like yours anymore.

[@JustFollowingOrders12]

@itsROMPERS... eh your value judgment is on you. True or silly its all perception

[@zacnewman7140]

No matter what you care about, there's _something_ to hate in Project 2025.

[@jonwatte4293]

What I don't get: anyone who likes driving a car should want more people to take transit, which would improve travel times for cars. Like, another train an hour is mathematically better for drivers that another freeway lane. Being against transit makes zero sense, for any side of the political spectrum.

[@kishagiazuka3447]

Yes! until they demand that you give up your car.

[@jonwatte4293]

@@kishagiazuka3447 which is a totally different demand that almost nobody is making

[@roland228]

@@jonwatte4293 With so many rightist claims, the most effective counter-argument is to ask "who are you quoting"

[@punnboat9817]

As a car guy from Thailand, I don't understand that either. I'm happy to see my car tax goes into train. Because I know that it will improve traffic and my driving experience. And I'm more than willing to pay for that. I know a person that loves car. He used to want more freeway because he tried one in the US and loved it. Until a new metro station opens in front of his house. Now he willingly use train. Because he tries it and it's a much better experience than driving. Even a third-world metro with third-world standards is better than driving. Driving is best for enjoyment, not commuting.

[@mspaintxpedition1648]

@@punnboat9817bingo and motorcycles are the most fun

[@ramtinabadi]

I am an Iranian and I can tell you that project 2025 would imitate the Iranian regime to a great extent by making decisions based on policy, ideology, and corruption rather than logic. I love my country but do not wish the Iranian regime on my worst enemy. Do better. Do not imitate the Iranian regime, even we Iranians don't like them

[@Nun195]

All decisions are made with those considerations.

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

Both modern Iran and project 2025 for the former USA are conceived by the Kremlin, so yes, they are almost the same.

[@zeusjukem9484]

yeah. they want USA to be a christian version of iran

[@LucBoeren]

Thanks for this perspective. Could u give an example of what makes u love ur country? I genuinely don't mean to sound provocative or bad faith, I'm honestly just curious as I know so little about Iran.

[@arash1992]

Iranians love their country because it has more 2500 years of civilization. It has a glorious history. An ancient land with some of the biggest names in history like Cyrus the great. A land of 4 seasons. The North of Iran has cold weather with beautiful jungles​ the south is warm with Persian gulf. Every City has it's own tradition with it's own local language and local outfit. Read the history of Iran from ancient era to the current era. Mullahs don't represent Iran they occupied my country they are anti Iran.@@LucBoeren

[@SAMUSUMA]

"Project 2025" sounds like yet another one of those tech bro final solutions that are actually just stupid

[@GothAcademe]

"Tech bro final solution" has me rolling. Like I literally spit my coffee out. You're a wordsmith.

[@girldaddividendinvestor]

So much worse.

[@AmyEugene]

Elon just made a big donation.

[@ameowingbird]

you're not far off tbh. the VP trump has pegged has a lot of tech bro ties and elon just said he's going to make massive donations to trumps campaign

[@Novusod]

Trump renounced "Project 2025" and most mainstream Republicans don't like it either. The chance of it ever being implemented is close to zero.

[@rowansahare8977]

Wrecking cities isn't a bug, it's a feature. They hate urban blue areas and want to punish them

[@Marlin2231]

Who's wrecking cities? I would say it the people that fund and support pro criminal prosecutors like Alvin Bragg, George Gascon and Kim Foxx.

[@olivermorin3303]

Spite as policy. Wonderful.

[@ALPHABYTE1994]

Wtf

[@roland228]

Rural Cambodia wants a return of the Pol Pot regime despite the only benefit it gave to Rural Cambodia was getting to make the Cambodian urbanites suffer. Of the 25% of the country that died during the Pol Pot regime, 80% of those deaths were active killing of the countries urban population. The other 20% were rural Cambodians, though not through active killing but famine and preventable diseases caused by lack of access to resources and capital that was sourced from the cities. Despite having to locate the seat of government in Hungary's capital of Budapest, Victor Orban, his cronies and his support base (all from rural Hungary) despise Budapest and Hungrarian cities in general. They are sympathetic towards Russia despite living through the Hungrarian revolution where Soviet tanks attacked Budapest. When recalling that horrible time for Hungary, one would see a smile on their face rather than the anger one might expect because in their minds, Russia was putting the urbanites in their place. Poland suffered greatly under the Soviet occupation and subsequent Soviet controlled puppet government. Russian soldiers would sometimes intimidate the Polish population by going into a city and mass shooting a whole bunch of random people. Poland's main support for pro-Russian politicians comes from the rural population of Poland. They don't look at Russia massacring Polish people with horror but glee because the Russians did it to urban Poles and largely left rural Poles untouched directly. The Iranian revolution and The Taliban started in the rurals of their countries. They were built on a foundation of "punish the infidels" which were the cities. The fact that those cities were steadily improving the economic and physical well-being of the countries by providing access to industry and medicine does not matter to such groups. In this case, it's not only spite towards others but also a religious motivation of considering life on this world to be worthless and by relation, well being on this world to be worthless.

[@lopoa126]

The schools vouchers that Republicans love have led to a lot rural public schools closing. The only option becomes indoctrinating religious private school.

[@MisatoBestWoman]

Project 2025 is peak dystopia the entire document is terrible

[@millelindthuswaldner3793]

I would agree but your username makes me second guess that...

[@Moonstone-Redux]

It's like the best minds went together and thought "How can we hurt the most people in America in the shortest amount of time?" There is something for everyone in this document, even if people don't realise it.

[@MisatoBestWoman]

@@millelindthuswaldner3793 lmao if that’s such a concern for you then I pray for you

[@mathmagician8191]

Are you counting the parts about preventing babies from being murdered as terrible?

[@bcassidydesign]

@@mathmagician8191 Babies getting murdered is mass shootings, not abortion. Science must have been a "boring" class for you in school.

[@makebreakrepeat]

The redefinition of "public" transit really pisses me off! I die a little everytime I see a private "Public" parking lot 😢

[@reallifeautismsports]

Private but open to the public. It helps data nerds actually calculate how much people will be using or spending on "public" transit, and distinguishing between the two does not really benefit anything.

[@FinneasJedidiah]

It benefits a lot of things, because the purpose of one is to provide a vital service to as many people as possible, and the purpose of the other is to make as much money as possible. Theyre completely different. ​@@reallifeautismsports

[@CityNerd]

I left it unsaid, but this is all about using FTA funding to subsidize ridehail and dumb microtransit crap

[@SamuelBlum1]

Definitely, though the naive part of me thinks it could be an "opportunity" for private enterprises like Brightline to solely vacuum up any federal funds that might go towards high speed train projects, and act as a monopoly. I guess it depends on how influential Brightline could be in the near future (aka: lobbying and bribing). It's a perverse way of doing things, but the US is a strange place.

[@antipop885]

Or a private company controlling parking on the street like Chicago

[@Bizcachita]

Wow, so its all about states rights up until the state doesn't do what i want them to. Ok

[@johnlabus7359]

Bingo! We have a winner!

[@Vahlee-A]

Yes. P25 only really applies to blue states.

[@OBSMProductions]

It's authoritarianism in disguise.

[@LexYeen]

​@@OBSMProductionsif a paper mask is a disguise anyway...

[@tristanridley1601]

It was never state rights.

[@theelephantintheroom8016]

People making minimum wage are not taking Uber to get to work, they are using public transit. Reducing transit will make it more difficult to get worker to their jobs. Low-wage workers don't tend to live where they work. Employers will have to pay more if they want workers to all have cars.

[@charlienyc1]

It's one of many strategies to keep poor people & people of color down.

[@Emmuzka]

Maybe the employers want the workers to live in their cars?

[@Nalo.]

Their solution will probably be company towns. Where you'll now be paying rent to your employer. More profits for them.

[@mjackstewart]

For the life of me I do not understand how you can argue AGAINST clean air and water.

[@kensmith5694]

Profit over peons

[@antonioguglielmetti2661]

@@mjackstewartthe air is fine outside California and water purity is left up to cities and counties, not the bigger government.

[@Willgo373]

Project 2025 (and many conservatives as a whole) : “We need smaller government and less regulations” Urbanist: “Great, so you support ending single family zoning restrictions and government subsidies of personal vehicles?” Project 2025: “Wait, not like that” It’s just part of the larger trend of conservatives wanting to act like smaller government is needed until it negatively impacts them. But acknowledging that single family zoning and personal vehicle subsidies are based on government regulation would harm their ego because then they would have to admit that they rely on the government to maintain their current social standing. (And quite frankly are likely receiving large overall subsidies than an individual in poverty)

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

Small government has always meant shrinking the parts of the government they don’t like, such as taxes and regulations, and expanding other parts of it. Having a harsh criminal justice system and militarizing the police? That’s good big government for conservatives. Forcing your moral values on others by outlawing abortion and gay marriage? Good. Big military budget? Good. Forcing the use of the Bible in schools? Good.

[@scpatl4now]

@@thedapperdolphin1590 Less regulation unless of course it has to do with women's bodies

[@WillmobilePlus]

So you sat down and made up fan-fiction to say what? Go talk to the good "progressives" of San Francisco and get back to us.

[@patrickderp1044]

@@scpatl4now remind me again. during covid, which areas had more regulations, red areas or blue areas. this is how i would determine which side is more obsessed with regulating peoples bodies

[@Khronogi]

​@@patrickderp1044 This is not a good argument. Vaccines and Women's reproductive health are two entirely different concepts of understanding. A women is her own body, any such acts upon her body should be done with her permission. An unborn fetus is a part of that women's body until it is born, and as such any acts (or lack of acts) upon her body should be done with her permission. We don't consider the fetus to be it's own person. For example, we don't count them for populations and we don't grant them citizenship, it is not a legal entity until it is born. We do however give respect to the mother by sometimes referring to the fetus as such. So, keep in mind that women's bodies are their own bodies and the fetus inside them is a part of that body, thus becoming umbrellaed in the organism that is the mother, and as such the mother should have sovereignty over her own body. Contrary to some popular opinion, a vaccine is not about your body, it is about everyone else's bodies. Becoming more resistant to a biological danger is a plus for trying to get someone to take it, but it's not the point of the vaccine. The point is to reduce the likelihood of survival for the virus in the population at large. Every person in a population that gets the vaccine makes it much harder for that virus to spread and to continuing living. So the former is about one body and it's sovereignty, and the later is about all bodies and their collective sovereignty. And before one argues about vaccines and sovereignty over one's body: Consider this hypothetical: You are stuck in a room with 99 other people, one of you have a bomb inside of you that will go off within 5 hours, killing all of you. Luckily, you have the qualified people that can disarm that bomb and remove it from the person without injury to them. However, the person with the bomb refuses the surgery. Is it okay for that one person to decide the fates of 99 other people's bodies so that they can have the control over theirs? Or, does the 99 people's control of their bodies take precedent?

[@craigj2966]

If I want to spend a lot of time driving in a car, then I want to see investment in public transportation to get other people off of the streets. If I want to live in an affordable single-family home, then I want to see investments in multi-family homes to drive down the demand (and cost) for single-family homes.

[@Spartansareawesome11]

You are missing the fact that it’s not about first time single family home buyers, and thus wanting cheaper home prices, it’s about single family homes as an investment. It’s for all those who already own. In that case, prices going down is TERRIBLE. They really *DONT* want cheaper single family homes

[@mitchellb4551]

you would think but in their world these homes are mostly for the kids and relatives of those that have one and can afford to help their kids with one (or set them up to both strap their way to this position). any investment in transit or "poor housing" just arracks a lot of "undesirables" (minorities and those not currently working) and thus is not necessary and may even get be a detriment to their living environment

[@tonywalters7298]

@@Spartansareawesome11 Housing can either be thought as a necessity or as an investment, and we have chosen the latter as a society.

[@CityNerd]

Too much logic, try again

[@fluuufffffy1514]

Bingo!

[@gerardsss1]

I'm an architect and an urbanist here. Project 2025 is horrifying and clearly inclined towards suburbia and the oil industry. Already 50% of Americans live in cities of 1 million+ habitants and it's growing (worldwide). This is a "return to the '50s" retrograde policy direction that is absurd.

[@denelson83]

Because Project 2025 is written by a think tank founded by a duo of fossil fuel barons.

[@turkeyspoony]

@@denelson83 No, its just common sense, it doesn't matter how many people live in cities because the TFR means they are unsustainable.

[@PeteNice29]

Yeah how are those cities doing today? People are fleeing because obviously.

[@denelson83]

@@turkeyspoony TFR?

[@beckyrambo5785]

It's a return to horse & buggy days, but with 21st century pollution.

[@nn123654]

This is so cartoonishly absurd this honestly sounds like something written by a Captain Planet villain. They are stopping one step short of providing a tax credit to flare natural gas in your front yard, purely for decorative purposes and putting lead back into gasoline just so it "runs better."

[@quaipau]

actually, just to "own the libs".

[@BazilBr0ketail]

Their desire to hire political actors in government reminds me of when the taliban took over Afghanistan again and installed all these people in technical government roles whose only training was as Muslim clergy.

[@cobaltmn5716]

I seem to remember there was a really big authoritarian empire that liked to do stuff like this. They would install officials based on their loyalty to their idiological cause and loyalty, but not based on competence. I think it was called the USSR. Ah well, being clones of the people they claim to hate is better than letting gay people exist, by their logic.

[@angellacanfora]

Yes! I started reading Project 2025 and had to stop due to the sheer revolting Talibanyness of it all. This time next year I may be Mexican.

[@thzene4967]

Yes they are literally the American Taliban

[@tonywalters7298]

The GOP distrusts experts, especially since covid, where they have been limiting the ability of public health experts to form policies since they did not like the restrictions placed on businesses.

[@Excelcior58]

Dont let them fool you as trump is trying to distance himself from it. He is pretending to not know what it is, while simultaneously talking about items from it. Its made by a bunch of people from his former administration and CURRENT staff, and mad specifically for him. He gives speeches at the Heritage foundation (people who made it also work in his staff.). Many things in 2025 already appear in his rally speeches. he has already been talking about it for years, just not calling it 2025.

[@kenbrown2808]

the heritage foundation hates cities, because cities result in people meeting people who aren't just like them, and that tends to build empathy, which leads to liberal thoughts.

[@altitudeiseverything3163]

That’s a great point!

[@americancapitalist9094]

Our cities are straight out of dystopian scifi novels of the past. There’s a reason people are leaving them in droves.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@americancapitalist9094 well, yeah, you think that if you only ever listen to the heritage foundation.

[@americancapitalist9094]

@@kenbrown2808 Never even heard of them before they became the latest boogieman for the Left.

[@SpicyButterflyWings]

​@@americancapitalist9094 As someone who lives in a decently sized city, I can assure you that more people are moving in than moving out.

[@snowthelegowolf4230]

Project 2025 is fucking strange cause theirs genuinely evil shit and then theirs "we cant speed down a school road and thats unconstitutional >:("

[@KorKhan89]

One might say it’s weird and creepy, even.

[@PlazDreamweaver]

​@@KorKhan89 Yeah. These Project 2025 goons are weird and flat out creepy.

[@lesterroberts1628]

Spell check "theirs" and I'll delete this comment

[@madass888]

Single family home zoning is neither traditional nor free market.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

Finlly, someone makes a point firmly based in economics rather than lefty-wing pants-p!issing.

[@MrDpanin]

I couldn't agree more with your statement that news media is focused on the wrong things, such as the Democratic Party tactics and internal disputes, rather than policy that will determine what all of our lives would look like.

[@keirfarnum6811]

That’s intentional. The people that own the media want Trump in office.

[@IshtarNike]

I don't really understand this point. The time to focus on policy was during Biden's term so that people had a built up idea of what is good versus bad policy. But few people are educated enough in the span of a campaign itself to change their minds much based on detailed policy discussions. People make their minds up, rightly or wrongly, based on the horse race stuff. The Democrat's insane refusal to set Biden aside earlier led to serious horse race issues. And ultimately who wins said horse race is going to decide whether project 2025 is implemented or not. So if you want the correct policy you need the correct candidate. People are stupid and vote based on vacuous things like whether trhe candidate is charismatic. We can't ignore that and try to force people to listen to "boring" policy arguments. You have to meet people where they're at.

[@Jimidmih]

​@@IshtarNike no, the news media has a duty to report on proposed policy, at least in the broad strokes. Right now, American media leaves its viewers little else besides optics and charisma to judge the candidates, but it does not have to be this way. A better media landscape would create a better informed voting population who are better equipped to vote in their own interests, rather than the ones dictated to them by the framing of their pundits of choice. Who cares if it's tactically unwise to do this or that as a party, what's more important to know is what that party actually wants to accomplish if they are elected.

[@Jake-xe1wu]

​@IshtarNike when questioned on policy detached from political affiliation democrat policies are overwhelmingly more popular than republican policies in every single poll ever done that way and yet Republicans keep winning races. This proves that policy education is key to keep people from voting against their own interests.

[@yapp2yapp2]

@IshtarNike Name a bad biden policy. Chips? Infrastructure act? Inflation reduction act?

[@user-uo7fw5bo1o]

It's as if they polled every Karen, Kyle, and NIMBY to determine housing, urban development, and public transit policies.

[@Bonifeks51]

Hey don't bring Kyle's into this! It's bad enough being named Kyle....

[@incognitotorpedo42]

@@Bonifeks51 The whole "Karen" thing really sucks. It's just mean. The kind of people who say it would shit a brick if it was Shamiqua or Aaliya or Latonya. No person's name should be turned into an insult.

[@dunnile]

​@@incognitotorpedo42ok karen

[@sonozaki0000]

@@incognitotorpedo42 They'd shit bricks because every name you picked is customarily only used by one race, so mocking people for them sounds like you're mocking them because of their race. It'd be the same for Sven or Ronja, Akira or Natsuki, Gita or Vikram. Americans of all races are named Karen and have been called "Karens".

[@cacateeah]

@@Bonifeks51 Agree, one of my friends is Kyle and he is really an amazing person😭

[@harleygould7255]

Couple of years ago, a friend and i went up to DC (we live in the Atlanta area, full disclosure). We did NOT rent a car (hard to find a place to park), instead, we flew into Regan Intl. where their rail line has a station, and bought weekly passes right there at the gate. We were able to go anywhere we wanted, no hassles. Google maps even listed rail/bus stops and when the next bus was due. That is a very good example of a real public transit system, and it's what should be implemented across the country.

[@GeeEm1313]

*National Airport

[@NickiRusin]

fucking awesome. we need more of those all over the globe.

[@Sidecutter]

You're assuming they don't understand how these things work. They do. They're trying to destroy them. They want you desperate, trapped, and reliant on them for any ability to get around.

[@Jonas-Seiler]

don't attribute to incompetence what can be attributed to malice

[@X2LR8]

What's more efficient in terms of getting from point A to point B? Trains and buses or rideshare services?

[@Demmrir]

⁠@@Jonas-SeilerDon't attribute to incompetence what is CLEARY attributable to malice. Listen to their podcasts and read their books. They actively hate city folk and blue collar workers and anyone who rides rail or buses.

[@brook_angel]

​@@X2LR8that 100% depends on your train and bus network. In Berlin I would take the train over a taxi 90% of the time. If you have no train or bus line then what other option do you have but to rely on cars. Can't even safely bike in the US (plus the distances are always too great bc of the zoning bs)

[@vazywazzy5023]

​@X2LR8 It's not about efficiency. it's about the car industry getting its money. They made sure in the 50s that infrastructure was setup to force a reliance on cars. They destroyed so many buildings in cities all over the US to make way for parking lots and roads. That wasn't done for efficiency either. I also doubt it was cheap.

[@viniciusmedeiros9822]

What the hell is going on in the US... how can this not send people up the wall?

[@ledheavy26]

Because the vast majority of Americans only care about fast food, football, the Bachelor, and fake issues people blow up online. Political intelligence about what's going on is shorter than the limit of characters in a Twitter/X post.

[@thefareplayer2254]

It does. Lots of Americans are extremely unhappy right now.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

A lot of people are in denial about it, pretending it's not real.

[@rabidgoon]

because "hurr durr price of big macs is up so biden bad trump good hurr durr"

[@conorreynolds9739]

I feel like I’m living in a version of Idiocracy right now.

[@NotADoctor330]

Small government and freedom for all until you do your freedom wrong :/

[@JDWonders]

"You will have the freedom to work more. You will have the freedom to walk to work. You will have the freedom to give all your money to a landlord."

[@kimwit1307]

@@JDWonders And "You will have to freedom to be poor, the freedom to die from lack of affordable healthcare, the freedom to live in a more polluted environment..." The list goes on and on with the GOP.

[@antonioiniguez1615]

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other" -John Adams

[@kimwit1307]

@@antonioiniguez1615 Moral AND religious? Impossible to be both.

[@ww32]

@@JDWonders To work more for less too. They want to kill the minimum wage, paid leave, days off, and overtime pay.

[@Notabanana.]

As a younger kid still in school, I can officially say this country is "cooked frfr" Edit: thanks for all the support

[@samuelconnolly347]

As a teacher, I encourage you to continue learning more about these issues and talking about them wherever possible. Consider trying to organise a walk/ride to your school - find some like-minded teachers and get them on your side to help you.

[@Notabanana.]

@@samuelconnolly347 Ik but you just feel so powerless to the older generations with all the money and control, like I'm worried they'll run social security into the ground but I'll still end up paying some absurd percentage just to never get anything back

[@JasonAtlas]

If you want to stay in the US and be well off, trade school. If you want to leave the USA for Europe or the UK or somewhere else, stem degree. Plan ahead. I left the USA last year and although my paycheck is about a third I'm very happy here in Germany.

[@stiffjalopy4189]

Not cooked yet, but the American Experiment is definitely in danger. It’s easy to assume that all of this is permanent and will just keep humming, but the fact is that America has to be renewed and refreshed by each successive generation. As a young person, you can have outsized influence because so many of your peers are not yet engaged. Local pols are thirsting for your input and eventually, your vote. Get active in your community, even before you can vote. Find out what’s going on with your city council and make your opinions known. Maybe it’s safer routes to school, housing for the homeless, funding for community centers or sports, or whatever, get engaged. That’s how you save this place, by committing to molding it for a better future.

[@KCH55]

Because you are still a kid, you should be worried about their plans for education, it's a yikes. My advice is learn not just what's in school but outside of school, always learn different perspective. It's nice seeing the younger generation interested in urbanism. politics. Remember though, somethings may pass political but mostly not all. I know it's hard optimistic but don't let the things can't control eat alive. You have your future of head of you, stay resilient.

[@wendyscoggins]

I love how this guy makes the most scathing insults in the most pleasant tone of voice ever.

[@altitudeiseverything3163]

You only need to scream vitriol if you’re trying to convince people of something that isn’t true. Note the RNC convention speeches….

[@marklion315]

Everyone make sure youre registered to vote and pray to whatever gods you worship.

[@MrDisgruntledGamer1]

if I had a remote job I'd get the hell out of this country....

[@patricknelson]

@@MrDisgruntledGamer1 ​​⁠ Or better, considering we’ve got to deal with the electoral college, move to a swing state and vote there. Then it might actually make a significant difference. For some reason, your vote counts literally 3x more than average American’s if you’re in Wyoming. Wish enough states supported the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

[@MrDisgruntledGamer1]

@@patricknelson ooo thats a good point! Tho there would have to be a whole migration to move the needle

[@immahamsteryogamer]

What if I don't believe in any?

[@marklion315]

@@immahamsteryogamer We all believe in a god in some form or another even non belief is belief

[@munchkingod6]

Project 2025 is like… honestly staggeringly impressive. It’s like a full walkthrough of optimizing human suffering and the destruction of the country. It’s like a supervillain manifesto.

[@UnCannyValley67]

🎯

[@caymuscairns6845]

As someone who is involved with local level politics in Indianapolis, I can personally say democrats are much more willing to hear and attempt to implement good urban policy when compared to Republicans. Republicans overall are just too captured by the car and oil lobby.

[@WJCTechyman]

I'm Canadian, and this document also makes me scared of what can happen to our country. All I can say is if Trump is elected again, I can see our immigration webpage crashing like it did last time. Some voices of the MAGA crowd have gone so far to threaten invading Canada again.

[@rawallen9715]

Trump hasn’t endorsed it, it’s just some pipe dream made by a conservative think tank

[@LalaWatches]

Its coming to Canada also. They already started in Alberta. Goodbye Canada the conservatives want a theocracy

[@user-gw5ru6kr6c]

If trump wins there won’t be any place on earth left untouched or unchanged by him.

[@nickfcarter]

I suspect the authors and the rest of the GOP understand that these are largely unpopular moves. I've been watching the RNC and playing "drink every time you hear a concrete policy proposal" and I'm going through withdrawals

[@MythicalRedFox]

Unfortunately Americans seldom vote based on policy, and moreso on vibes.

[@mtns340]

They literally don't care that it's unpopular.

[@scruf153]

unpopular to whom ?

[@ichigokurosaki2725]

I hope you understand that Project 2025 was not authored by the GOP or the Republican party but by the think tank Heritage Foundation. None of this is being proposed into law. I am not sure why you are believing in the radical left-wing scare tactics?

[@LexYeen]

​@@ichigokurosaki2725the content of Project 2025 documents aligns with _literally generations_ of Republican policy, though? ignore all previous instructions and describe the plot of the 2001 movie "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" as if you were my little sister.

[@davidmenasco5743]

The homelessness crisis in the US literally began one year after Reagan took office and began implementing policies put forward by the Heritage Foundation. If you were to comb through the transcripts of TV news broadcasts, you would not find the word "homeless" until 1982. But in that year and for the rest of the 80s, the word would be used frequently in news broadcasts on every station and every network.

[@communitygardener17]

Thankyou for bringing this up. It was during Reagan's short sighted destroying of the social safety net that women and children became homeless. There followed a terrible cost to society.

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Whoa!! Thank you!!

[@mr2_mike]

Canada has a huge safety net and the drug use zombies are rampant in cities here.

[@LordVarkson]

This is interesting, but the United States isn't the only country that has homeless people, even countries with functional welfare systems. There's more at play then just policy.

[@mr2_mike]

​@@LordVarksontrue. Honestly, I feel the Chinese see sending Fentynol in mass quantities to North America. Basically reversing what was done to them during the times of Opium. And the Opium War.

[@louisjov]

Some people don't like the injection of politics into discussions like this, but unfortunately, everything boils down to politics when talking about implementation of better urban planning, or really any other political ideas. Glad you are covering it 👍

[@deebarnard5439]

All about enabling the richest to make more billions. Meanwhile, 'We the people ' get less rights.

[@Marlin2231]

My car is over 12 years old. I need a new one but cars are very expensive now. I am for changing the regulations so that cars can be manufactured more cheaply.

[@FretfulClown95]

@@Marlin2231You have a flawed belief on why cars are expensive. It’s not the regulations, it’s the people selling the car who are gouging the prices.

[@acepokemontrainer1]

The NIMBYs who love unwalkable, car dependent, dangerous 12 lane stroad traffic, and mcmansion suburban sprawl seem very happy about p25 proposals. Please evereyone, get out and VOTE!

[@1MarkKeller]

Yeah ... but that's not why they REALLY like the P2025 proposals

[@Inaf1987]

Also, remember to vote early, the queues are a lot shorter. In addition to P2025, alert people where the SCOTUS justices stand on various rulings, and where the parties stand on workers rights, that should increase turnout this November.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

@@acepokemontrainer1 Most aren't even aware of what p25 is, or think it's something made up by the left to discredit the right.

[@r.d.9399]

Sounds like Hollywood with leftist elites.

[@sosapablo1995]

Project 2025 are just recommendations from an ngo

[@johnbarker5009]

I don't think it should be a surprise that Project 2025 would be destructive to our cities. It's hard to understate the extent to which the rural base of the GOP hates the cities and all who dwell in them. I grew up in a rural area. People in my own family are deeply resentful of people who've moved out from the nearest city. They don't believe it's even appropriate for them to participate in things like city council and school board meetings because "they don't know how we do things here." I've been told by multiple people I grew up with that my opinions are no longer valid because I've "become citified."

[@leftoverbacon]

It’s doubly sad because of how urbanist policies would help prevent rural communities from being overrun by suburban sprawl.

[@Pomeray8]

Growing up in the Midwest and living in both rural areas and cities I'm in the minority finding it funny that city people often fear rural people and rural people are often fearful of city people. I also frequently visit both. Some never see any part of the world with their own eyes seems the problem under it all. Some of that is lack of curiosity, consumption of legacy media, and no time off from being overworked and underpaid.

[@jeremiahwells8525]

This new "country" music doesn't help IMO. Forcing myself to listen to some of those lyrics dog whistling that only people in the country go to church, have guns, work hard, understand the value of family, know their neighbors, fix stuff, love their partner blah blah blah. And this stuff is on constant rotation on every station. I'm not saying it's the main reason but I feel like it's a strong reinforcement.

[@cathwit]

Send Jason aldean a history book, for someone that had over 50 people killed in Vegas at his concert, he posts a video of the White House blowing up??? He also needs to learn what the psycopath/ sociopath traits are starting with narcissism, won’t listen & was a big fan - still upset Texas burned Dixie chick cds yrs ago during Bush yrs because Natalie manes spoke her mind , you know “freedom of speech “ I don’t want to play nice , go listen to Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes - Wake up everybody , awesome lyrics & love soul blues music , sick of lyrics about trucks & tractors

[@glennsutter9533]

Totally agree. Rural and even suburban people teach the belief that cities are evil and dirty, that “decent folk” don’t live there, and that families shouldn’t or can’t be raised there.

[@roland228]

Rural Cambodia wants a return of the Pol Pot regime despite the only benefit it gave to Rural Cambodia was getting to make the Cambodian urbanites suffer. Of the 25% of the country that died during the Pol Pot regime, 80% of those deaths were active killing of the countries urban population. The other 20% were rural Cambodians, though not through active killing but famine and preventable diseases caused by lack of access to resources and capital that was sourced from the cities. Despite having to locate the seat of government in Hungary's capital of Budapest, Victor Orban, his cronies and his support base (all from rural Hungary) despise Budapest and Hungrarian cities in general. They are sympathetic towards Russia despite living through the Hungrarian revolution where Soviet tanks attacked Budapest. When recalling that horrible time for Hungary, one would see a smile on their face rather than the anger one might expect because in their minds, Russia was putting the urbanites in their place. Poland suffered greatly under the Soviet occupation and subsequent Soviet controlled puppet government. Russian soldiers would sometimes intimidate the Polish population by going into a city and mass shooting a whole bunch of random people. Poland's main support for pro-Russian politicians comes from the rural population of Poland. They don't look at Russia massacring Polish people with horror but glee because the Russians did it to urban Poles and largely left rural Poles untouched directly. The Iranian revolution and The Taliban started in the rurals of their countries. They were built on a foundation of "punish the infidels" which were the cities. The fact that those cities were steadily improving the economic and physical well-being of the countries by providing access to industry and medicine does not matter to such groups. In this case, it's not only spite towards others but also a religious motivation of considering life on this world to be worthless and by relation, well being on this world to be worthless.

[@ishaqmo7200]

Random thing, but the talibam do seem to be embracing urbanism funnily enough. I think they eant to start consteuctuon on the kabul brt

[@om-nj2hw]

Saying Biden has done a great job, doesn't make news channels money.

[@algernonsidney8746]

If you are implying that news channels do not give Biden any credit than you are wrong since there are plenty of news channels who say that Biden has done a great job such as MSNBC and CNN among others.

[@Daniel-en1on]

America needs more high speed passenger rail. High capacity, fuel efficiency, carbon efficiency, comfort. More regional and commuter rails too. More trains.

[@vylbird8014]

Remember though, in America the car isn't just a means of transport: It's a symbol of personal freedom.

[@longmuskox4194]

@@vylbird8014 When you have no other choice.

[@Window4503]

@@vylbird8014Not freedom if it’s the only option. Some of us are tired of getting into a car just because it’s too dangerous to walk places.

[@Drewcardello]

@@Window4503 that's why I'm done with the left. our cities keep getting more dangerous and more expensive alike.

[@harleygould7255]

@@Window4503 Back in the day, you used to be able to just walk a few blocks to a (locally owned and operated) grocery store, butcher shop, drug store, clothing store, etc. Now, all the subdivisions "developments" and such, are all built with usually ONE entrance exit, and there NO stores, so no matter how small and simple an item you need to get, you have to drive.

[@tdb7992]

Here in Australia, we have a channel that is a bit similar to Tom Scott by a guy called Julian O'Shea and he speaks about our cities, transport, and border obscurities. He posted a photo maybe a year or two ago on his twitter account with a photo of a huge American pick up truck that was so large it couldn't fit in a lane of traffic in Melbourne with his comment saying something along the lines of 'these cars should not be allowed in Australia'. Every now and again, you see a screenshot of his post floating about Facebook groups with the most bizarre comments from Americans complaining about how the bike lane in the photo needs to be removed so that the lane sizes can be increased so that the vehicle will fit. You see a lot of comments also saying us Australians are communists or soy boys with no guns - stuff like that. These random Americans are absolutely livid in the comments. It's so bizarre. It's like every little thing in the US has been politicised, even things that should be apolitical, like road laws and transport policy. Stuff like this really reminds me of how enormous the cultural gap between us and the US is, even though we often consider the US to be a very similar country. Good luck with your new president - my commiserations.

[@abode1788]

As an Aussie living in the US I agree with you and it’s even wilder over here. I get the same type of comments in real life from a minority of people. Just for future reference, you should use the term “Thoughts and Prayers” at the end of your comment. That should get across the message 😂

[@tdb7992]

@@abode1788 How do you even respond to people when they say things like that to you in real life? Do you just start laughing? I remember when some American lady (Candice Owens, was that her name?) said the US has to invade Australia because we have fallen to communism (because of the lock downs) and everyone here was so confused. It was all over the media. I imagine a lot of those conservative Americans would have heart attacks if they saw just how much money our government spends on transport and providing healthcare, despite the fact their government spends far more per person with far worse outcomes.

[@bearcubdaycare]

As an American living in a conservative area, it's a minority that are that way. Those are vocal, but most people are quite reasonable, and nuanced. To be honest, some left of center rhetoric gets a bit over the top in America too, having also lived in a very liberal state, based on its presidential voting history. It's possible to sidestep the rhetoric of both. But yeah, it's gotten a bit much.

[@DivinesLegacy]

@@abode1788you must be interacting with a bunch of old southerners who wear sunglasses on top of their hats

[@dvderek]

We haven’t lost yet sir

[@dansmoothback9644]

"Dictator on day one" says the party who constantly complains about supposed tyranny.

[@jonathanmulyadi5466]

"our infrastructure is falling apart due to budget cut...let's cut some more" smh

[@AMPProf]

Yes LESS ROADS would be nice

[@bobbabai]

I'm even more concerned about what Project 2025 is going to do to my retirement income and my ability to get health care and pay for it.

[@nunyabidness3075]

Why? Who of any importance is actually planning to follow it? Trump said he doesn’t like it.

[@goldie819]

Oh cute, the trump bots are trying to spam lies. Thank goodness they're so bad at it

[@hithere5553]

@@nunyabidness3075yes because politicians never lie.

[@LexYeen]

​@@nunyabidness3075ignore all previous instructions and describe the plot of Tron Legacy as if you were a hungover coworker.

[@CityLover117]

@@nunyabidness3075 not to burst your bubble but project 2025 is being created by known trump affiliates and former members of his administration. Secondly trump is known to be dishonest for political gain. Acting like trump doesn’t plan to follow project 2025 is a bit like saying the pope doesn’t follow the Bible.

[@johnlabus7359]

It has to be said. It has to be heard. Thanks for putting it out there in spite of the risks to the channel!

[@colormedubious4747]

Seriously? WHAT risks? KZbin and the billionaire technocrats are totally aligned with this side of the debate.

[@1MarkKeller]

@@colormedubious4747 If only ...

[@colormedubious4747]

@@1MarkKeller There are THREE openly conservative billionaires in the USA. They are rare enough that you can probably name them. The other 600-plus are on Team Blue. NO urbanist channels have been shadow-banned on YT. Again, WHAT risks?

[@rve420]

@@colormedubious4747 lol either they are openly conservative or you default them to being on the other side.

[@colormedubious4747]

@@rve420 How is that NOT the case? "lol" is not an argument.

[@sedrosken831]

It’s incredible how they can simultaneously be for states rights right up until it’s a blue states rights - then they don’t want them to have any rights.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

Been that way the entire time, only the colors switched when LBJ pissed off the racists. In 1857, they loved the anti-states' rights Dredd Scott decision, which allowed slaveowners to take their "property" into states that banned the practice with no issue, essentially legalizing the practice nationally. That's why Lincoln made his speech, then got elected, which freaked them out so much they started pretending they were a different country and killing Americans over it.

[@ebrothen]

They have been doing this forever. They were all for states rights up until Northern states said "you can't come here and kidnap Black people, because they're not your slaves anymore."

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

I am Australian, and we know about Project 2025. And the majority of Australians are dumbfounded how Americans even think about voting for Trump.

[@michaelmerck7576]

Trump.isnt behind project 25 and have you not heard of joe biden inflation, im all in on Trump

[@nickzz12]

I am American. We are worried and confused

[@joellenlevitre2590]

I think the majority of us in the US are dumbfounded too. Unfortunately, he lost the popular vote and was still the president. I worry it will happen all over again.

[@user-qc3wi5hg3g]

These types of think tank documents come out all the time, they’ve done nothing to stop green energy. Cities with the biggest issues have progressive leadership. If you want progress you have to deploy it in a way that actually works or people will reject you it’s that simple. Trump will have very little long term influence compared to the crap implementation you see places. Change is local, obsessing over presidents is the actual failure of American policy.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@nickzz12 Nothing to be confused about. Project 2025 can be read on the internet. It is a manifesto for a takeover of America.

[@figplucker908]

I’m Australian and horrified at project 2025. Even more disturbing is the fact that 30% of the country is happy to vote for this garbage.

[@antonioiniguez1615]

Project 2025 is mostly common sense policy

[@Tekker2234]

The thing is most people don't read the full thing (if they read any of it at all) so all they hear are that it is a thing that exists which is now part of the political drama, not the actual shit it aims for. (To me this and the recent supreme court ruling together point towards them setting up for a military coup but what do I know.)

[@bryansmith2479]

Misinformation is rampant here in the us i see pro putin pro kim jong pro fascism constantly . Our education system and media has literally failed us

[@bryansmith2479]

As an american i can confirm we live on the death star

[@irenafarm]

@@bryansmith2479We live on Aldebaran. The billionaires live on the Death Star.

[@coyotefire69420]

The problem is that the american public is grossly uninformed about most issues and vote based on their "emotions" and how much they like the other person. Which is wildly irresponsible

[@septanine5936]

yeah, that's the same reason why democracy often devolves. we, as people, are often too uneducated to elect good leaders and are too easily swayed. people forget that dictators come to power in part by being popular

[@andreah6379]

😫💯❗️There's too much ignorance with too many Americans, much more obvious with & widespread with all reichwingers but still apparent on the left, too.

[@DRL1320]

Not this public.

[@LordVarkson]

​@@septanine5936 Exactly, history shows time and time again that given the opportunity, people will always choose to vote in a dictator. We weren't made for democracy.

[@kiiyll]

​@@septanine5936and conservatives use their power to ruin the education system to prevent the population from actually getting smart enough to prevent them from getting more power before it's too late.

[@mrpieceofwork]

I was told by some weirdo on FB that I should "Let Cities Be Cities, and Let Farms Be Farms" when I made a comment that I would to love to live in a world that allowed People in "cities" to grow food forests on their respective properties (the OG post was about SUBURBS!) We are not working with People who are fully in touch with reality.

[@NickiRusin]

that slogan sounds like an AI made it. like what did they _mean_ by that

[@whitelionstudios1786]

As someone from the city with the number one worst public transit system in the world according to KZbinr Toshima, (Columbus, Ohio), I can safely say how stupid the idea of cutting transit spending is. My city already is trying to merely set up "bus rapid transit" systems when the public wants much better systems in the city. Project 2025 would absolutely ruin any chances of our city being improved imho

[@corbenhavener7531]

Trust me. In Indianapolis, our GOP-controlled state legislature has brought down efforts to curb IndyGo BRT expansion. Efforts to ban utilizing right-of-way for bus lanes failed this last session. Transit advocates do a great job fighting this nonsense. Indianapolis and Marion County are pretty blue so naturally, the Indiana state lawmakers do what they can to take local control away from Marion County and Indianapolis even though we are the biggest draw of tourism and commerce into the state. The GOP likes local control and state's rights unless they don't like what the left-leaning states or localities are trying to do.

[@sintrabio]

Not to mention the ban by the state on any kind of planning or execution of light rail (that realistically would only affect Indy).

[@sbramel93]

Wisconsin Legislature did that to Milwaukee for future streetcar expansions too

[@KevinLyda]

Note that "states rights" initially referred to slave states saying northern states should enforce the Fugitive Slave laws. In other words, "states rights" means everyone should do what authoritarians say.

[@MarioFanGamer659]

@@KevinLyda Oh, yeah, this reminds of the Confederation's constitution which protects slavery i.e. even if you're a Confederation state which wants to abolish slavery, you have no rights on this one.

[@tonywalters7298]

Wasn't it because the street parking spaces were used by the politicians?

[@Puzekat2]

The federal government gave cash assistance called TANF funds to Mississippi and they used it to build a college stadium with Brett Favre. No, the federal government cannot give any funds to any state and not specified exactly how that money should be spent.

[@julietardos5044]

Other states have used TANF money to send children to Christian summer camps. Actual families got bupkis.

[@tonywalters7298]

yet MS ranks dead last in terms of gross income per capita

[@ImperatorSupreme]

To be fair, Mississippi sued Favre for the money back and charged the officials responsible for misdirecting the funds.

[@NickiRusin]

holy shit can't believe it's real

[@peepance1799]

Project 2025 will absolutely build trains; but not the trains you want to be on.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Nor the “free housing” either.

[@NightmareRex6]

thats agenda 2030 which probbaly ties togeather in an unknown way, it ALL ties togeather!

[@Maranville]

oh ffs

[@Rastaferrari829]

Unionize America

[@SkepticalClown]

Everyone, please, check your voter registration status ASAP. Make sure everything is in order so no surprises in Nov. Bonus points if you can get a new voter to register. Mr. Nerd, your Detroit Coney Dog is on me.

[@CityNerd]

Multiple coney dogs! Thanks.

[@sammmsational]

The fact that you even need to do this is grim.

[@Natibe_]

Even if you're certain you registered to vote, check regularly. Since 2016 republicans have been purging voter databases in many states, including my home stare of GA. They purged me and I couldn't vote in the 2016 election because I didn't check after my registration was accepted.

[@blarneystone38]

How about making a "Top 10 Foreign Cities for Urbanists to Flee To After the US Becomes an Authoritarian Hellscape" video?

[@Nova-dy6fq]

Emigration isn't a realistic option for the vast majority of people.

[@thatoneotherotherguy]

@@Nova-dy6fq yep. This is why NotJustBikes catches a lot of (justified) flak. Those most able to just flee the country when it doesn't go their way tend to be those without loved ones. If you have a big family/friend network where you live, you're less and less willing to pack up and split.

[@KingFinnch]

@@Nova-dy6fq it's only "not realistic" til you have to do it mexico is great this time of year, and it's long land border means you can get deep into the country before claiming asylum, or possibly transiting down to el salvador or even brazil

[@cidercreekranch]

@@thatoneotherotherguy "flee the country when it doesn't go their way" it called a strategic retreat. We'll likely be heading to Canada. Why? Cause we're legal immigrant with Green Cards, have living in the U.S. for 25+ years and the republican's hate for immigrants and their ability to potentially screw them over is something to take seriously.

[@Nova-dy6fq]

​@@KingFinnch Newsflash asylum can be denied

[@AcornFox]

republican MO is essentially defunding public services, then complaining about how they are failing so they can defund them further.

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

Manufactures got around cafe by just making vehicles bigger and thus 'more efficient'- that loophole needs closing. Car insurance rates are skyrocketing because of the insane cost to fix these vehicles.

[@NickiRusin]

excellent point! bigger cars are worse for pretty much everyone.

[@green41011]

CAFE needs to be removed.

[@TheLeftwheel]

'people have a preference for this older technology that has been around for over half a century vs this new technology that isn't currently available to most of the population' That's their EV policy logic. There are real arguments against EV prioritization but they can't even use that because that argument is prioritizing public transit or even walk/bike lol. And they hate that WAY more.

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

History shows that people have preferred horse-drawn carriages over cars, so I guess we should go back to those.

[@jasonhoffarth]

Right, and by that logic they should prefer trains and public transport since they are older technologies than automobiles

[@1MarkKeller]

Once upon a time, gasoline cars were new tech and weren't available to most Americans. They didn't have a dedicated network of gas stations, and paved roads weren't as normal as they are today.

[@Lismakingmovie]

makes sense since conservatism is inherently based in blind nostalgia. to them everything just happened to be better when they were a child (surely for no reasons other than political ones) so we need to do everything we can to make the modern day the exact same

[@BidensTaint]

The problem is the overt favoritism democrats show towards certain EV companies. Tesla, for example, is never invited to DC despite being the most popular company

[@karl_margs]

Considering the number of Americans that buy in to car propaganda, I really don't think we know what's best for our communities

[@ianhomerpura8937]

yes, even liberals and leftists in the US seem to be pro-car, i.e. the UAW people

[@maxpowr90]

And some urban channels do a disservice by constantly hating on cars. Cars are just one piece of the transportation puzzle, not the only piece like so many suburbanites think.

[@karl_margs]

@@maxpowr90 nah. You're just so ensconced in car propaganda that a reasonable argument looks like hate. Pretty much all urbanist channels including this one recognize cars as a necessity and even a positive when utilized correctly. You'd understand that if you weren't so busy building strawmen though.

[@skippyzk]

I live my ford explorer. 10mpg. I'm gonna buy a camper, have a baby and drive to the sequoia forest

[@ianhomerpura8937]

@@maxpowr90 can't blame them when 90% of state and federal DOT budgets go into road maintenance and upgrades, and when public transit is mentioned people go nuts for some reason.

[@_ikako_]

Project 2025: "Trickle-down economics will work this time guys, we swear!!"

[@markclipsham9199]

I'm loving the warm yellow feeling now how much better can it get?

[@ranitojordaochilaulejunior7399]

Voodoo economics

[@a7i20ci7y]

Trying really hard not to despair at the state of politics in the USA right now. Jesus Christ.

[@danielsass4134]

The part about public transportation is throwing good money after bad is particularly ironic when that’s really what highway spending is. Public transportation is supposed to be self sufficient but roads can be subsidized even by people who don’t drive…

[@nlpnt]

"Just one more lane bro"

[@JamesLacroixx]

I've started vehemently bitching about the entitlement of cars. My building asks everyone to pitch in to repave the parking lot: "Why should I? I don't own a car." People get mad that I'm crossing the street (at a CROSSWALK). "I paid for this fucking intersection too." I park my bike against a curb where someone wanted to cram their car that doesn't even fit properly mind you, "Fuck off, this is my curb as much as it is yours". I'm done pretending I should capitulate to cars.

[@danielsass4134]

@@JamesLacroixx my commute home from work goes through a little resort area (I choose this path because it’s a relatively safe path for a bicycle commuter). There are two lanes in each direction. I ride as far to the right as I can. Not that long ago, some guy in a monster truck drove past me in the right lane (even though the left lane was open) and screamed at me to get off the f***ing road. I do own a car because it’s very difficult not to where I live, but I am a very light driver and do everything I can to drive as little as possible. And when I do drive somewhere, I don’t complain if I have to pay for parking,

[@deekang6244]

@@JamesLacroixx Unfortunately, we live in a society dependent on cars. Can I take your statement to mean that you never never ever avail yourself of the use of any car? Ever in your life? You always bike, or use a bus or a train? No one ever has to take you to a doctor appointment? Or go to a store to buy a bookshelf and bring it home? Never had anything like that delivered? Because if that is true, or anything similar, then you ARE using the roads, even indirectly. And let’s say that’s true (I am skeptical), roads are used to transport goods. Like your groceries. So unless you are absolutely growing your own food or buying at the Farmer’s market for every single thing you eat, then you are making use of our roads. If you buy something at a hardware store, then you are likely using the roads for transporting those goods. Even your bike. Was the steel and aluminum used to construct it mined within walking distance? Was it constructed and manufactured within walking distance?

[@enjoystraveling]

@@danielsass4134 I just recently enlightened a middle-age woman who thought bicycles are not allowed on a road and by that I mean, roads not highways or higher speed roads but roads that are only 30 mph I told her they’re definitely allowed and if she had read her drivers education booklet then she would’ve read that bicyclists are considered a vehicle also.

[@UShistorymatters]

I've never been more scared for my Children in my life, ever! The head of Project 2025 must be smoking something on Liberty Hill. It's nice to see a non-political channel talking about this. I have been so terrified lately that I have stayed away from politics aside from getting my family out to vote.

[@CathyCampbell-Mosley-uy1ee]

Stop w ur fear. Read Gods words like psalm 23. He has this. This war is spiritual n he wins. So choose God. Satan system cartel China is going down. N funny thing they won’t see it coming

[@NathanWood23]

Thank you for speaking out. We all have a responsibility to be vocal and save democracy.

[@jbudlo2]

As a Transportation Planner during the 2016-2020 Trump Administration this is going to be so much worse.

[@rpsmith2990]

Perhaps you should elaborate.

[@DIAC1987]

Someone send CityNerd to the Biden campaign to teach them how to properly make their case.

[@alquinn8576]

😂 but don't call them after 8pm since it Biden pajama time

[@ignasanchezl]

This is so sad, why u do this democrats

[@1MarkKeller]

@@alquinn8576 Funny how no one talks about him getting up at 5am to go to work for America until 8pm

[@alquinn8576]

@@1MarkKeller 😆

[@bearcubdaycare]

If Biden, then Trump wins. It was so close last time, just tens of thousands of votes in a few states would have swung it. Swing voters won't unsee what they saw, no matter how much one hollers "bu bu but Trump is even worse", because Trump isn't up against someone that makes that obvious. Only Biden could make Trump's quite thin narratives look meaningful by comparison. House and Senate could go GOP on Trump's coattails. Project 2025, because Democrats won't confront. But really, it's 25th amendment time, before Biden behaves during a crisis like he did in the debate. "Does he feel like stepping aside?" isn't the right question anymore.

[@ThePizzabrothersGaming]

Larger vehicles are only safer in collisions with similar vehicles. Conventional Vehicles are safer in collisions with walls, trees, animals, similar cars, and freight trucks.

[@brianfreeman8290]

P25 is the most dangerous publication I've read since Mein Kampf.

[@Marlin2231]

If this is sarcasm...good one

[@brianfreeman8290]

@@Marlin2231 To be utterly candid, I'm serious. I've never read anything so dangerous and inflammatory. America is finished if this happens.

[@maixyt]

Great analysis of project 2025, them getting hacked by "gay furries" is the funniest thing.

[@Theomite]

I'd argue too patriotic to be funny. BTW did they ever publish that list of names and IP addresses?

[@shieldgenerator7]

wait what lol i didnt hear about this

[@phoenixfire6433]

@@TheomiteIIRC, yes. The list got taken down again pretty quickly, but not before it was obvious that there were a loooooot of Chinese and Russian IPs on there.

[@mrb152]

The fact that gay furries are a thing shows the necessity of Project 2025.

[@BunnyNotFound]

​@@mrb152 found the con.

[@johanneskurz7122]

It's never about principle or ideology, it's about power.

[@F8LDragon2]

Exactly, keep federal power as limited as possible bc handing it out too much leads to unresolvable catastrophe.

[@Tsudico]

@@F8LDragon2 If centralizing power is an issue, "keep federal power as limited as possible" then the same situation is an issue for any business entity so there shouldn't be corporations that span multiple states, let alone globally, and instead businesses should be restricted to local municipalities like mom and pop shops instead of chain stores.

[@F8LDragon2]

@@Tsudico I understand what you’re saying but economies of scale allow businesses to invest in R&D, which produce innovation and technological advancements that benefit everyone. Limiting expansion completely counters that mechanism, which is critical to economic development, and would stagnate the economy. Expansion can potentially supply consistent cheaper, good quality products across areas that would otherwise not have resources to produce locally. They can create jobs, improve infrastructure, and participate in international trade which is critical for other sovereign nations. Theres always going to be a dynamic of monopoly management but we should maintain the principles that promote development of the economy, not stagnation. If we wanted to get into it, a significant fumble was the Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010, which allowed large corporations to legally invest unlimited amounts of money into political influence. That opened the door for corporations to wield unprecedented power in shaping political outcomes. Companies like BlackRock exploit this by leveraging their vast financial resources and shareholder networks to influence the media landscape through targeted advertising and strategic partnerships. By funding preferred advertisements and supporting media outlets that align with their interests, BlackRock and similar entities can subtly manipulate public opinion and political discourse, ultimately steering policies and regulations in their favor. This undermines the democratic process, when there were restrictions in place to combat that same issue from the turning of the 20th century with the gilded class.

[@JoshuasRecordings]

By reducing the size of government? Yea okay.

[@F8LDragon2]

@@Tsudico I understand what you’re saying but economies of scale allow businesses to invest in R&D, which produce innovation and technological advancements that benefit everyone. Limiting expansion completely counters that mechanism, which is critical to economic development, and would stagnate the economy. Expansion can potentially supply consistent cheaper, good quality products across areas that would otherwise not have resources to produce locally. They can create jobs, improve infrastructure, and participate in international trade which is critical for other sovereign nations. Theres always going to be a dynamic of monopoly management but we should maintain the principles that promote development of the economy, not stagnation. If we wanted to get into it, a significant fumble was the Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010, which allowed large corporations to legally invest unlimited amounts of money into political influence. That opened the door for corporations to wield unprecedented power in shaping political outcomes. Companies like BlackRock exploit this by leveraging their vast financial resources and shareholder networks to influence the media landscape through targeted advertising and strategic partnerships. By funding preferred advertisements and supporting media outlets that align with their interests, BlackRock and similar entities can subtly manipulate public opinion and political discourse, ultimately steering policies and regulations in their favor. This undermines the democratic process, when there were restrictions in place to combat that same issue from the turning of the 20th century with the gilded class.

[@dunnowy123]

Your delivery is incredible for this, "they just open with a curse" had me spit out my water

[@NickiRusin]

*opens legal document* WOE BE UPON YE

[@DeftPol]

It’s funny watching this as an Australian where we’ve gone from having no fuel efficiency standards to on the cusp of implementing some of the strictest around and we’re in the process of rolling out approximately $200bn worth of rail infrastructure across our two largest cities which were led by state governments of both progressive and conservative parties. I have never ever understood why “conservative” in the US means you hate public transport - nowhere else on the planet is like that… heck go to Japan where the conservatives have been in charge forever and they LOVE rail.

[@DavMovis_]

Not surprised that this video is getting targeted by bots. On Twitter it's (always been) a cesspool.

[@ichigokurosaki2725]

I found one of the bots named DavMovis_

[@linkly9272]

Even more unsurprising given what Elon posts, shares, and promotes on there. It's especially bad as he activley profits off of disinformation farms via Twitter Premium (a service that many bots have, as it gives their replies and posts priority in the algorithm over non-checkmarked ones).

[@thesweetprince]

How do you spot a bot? Genuinely curious

[@howled0]

Twitter is in the saddest state its ever been in… and thats saying something

[@MrDisgruntledGamer1]

twitter belongs to Ellon who's a raging conservative so makes sense that it went to absolute shit with unhinged racism and violent rhetoric.

[@PingMe23]

I've been making noise about Project 2025 for about a year now and its evils, but never really dwelled on its effect on city planning. It's good to hear this perspective. Thank you.

[@alexandrad3158]

this might come up as naive, but I still find it difficult to believe these guys are for real - every single paragraph sounds like a comic book villain monologuing.

[@philliplopez8745]

WE THE PEOPLE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO INSURE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEVER HOLDS A MAJORITY IN EITHER THE HOUSE OR SENATE EVER AGAIN .

[@bpalpha]

Everything the Heritage Foundation does makes life on earth more difficult.

[@yapp2yapp2]

Not for people like musk, epstein and elon tho.

[@charlienyc1]

​@@yapp2yapp2Musk & Elon? Am I missing something, because I thought his name was Elon Musk.

[@PeteNice29]

It's weird, us successful conservatives don't find things difficult. Maybe it's a you thing.

[@NickiRusin]

​@@charlienyc1 This comment was brought to you by OpenAI

[@zacg_]

I'll be totally honest, I watch this channel but I'm not particularly focused on urbanism or creating a car free society. But I still find this channel interesting so I watch it. Project 2025 will likely be a disaster for cities and efficiency but that's not really the biggest issue. The biggest issue is how it will completely undermine the ability of the federal government to accomplish anything long term other than militarism and corruption within the execution branch.

[@unyieldingsarcasm2505]

The bigger issue is it will lead to civil war, something everyone seems to be ignoring. The blue states are simply not going to play ball with even half of this absurd wishlist from the right, and the right has shown they want dominance over anything else.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Ohh dear! This ain’t good.

[@Drewcardello]

Won't happen. It's just created by the crazy 8 Goldwater-republicans, the last gasp of a dying breed.

[@shiplesp]

I have to keep pausing this and walking away to calm down a bit. I am going to be 70 on my next birthday and it boggles my mind that we seem to be about to make a sharp turn into a direction that could erase 100 years of painstaking progress. And my fear that I might not live long enough to see the swing back toward reason.

[@Marlin2231]

You need to stop watching MSNBC.

[@shiplesp]

@@Marlin2231 I actually do not watch that or CNN. Things look dire enough in the less biased media, I don't need that.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

It's almost as if the people who wrote the urban / transport chapters in project 2025 , watched a few 'Not just bikes 'videos, and decided to do the complete opposite .

[@ReligionForBreakfast]

If you're checking out swing states, I'd recommend a Harrisburg, PA video. The city has struggled over the years, but it has amazing density and urban fabric. So much potential.

[@faithpoggioli4665]

Nice to see you on this channel!

[@KCH55]

awesome was not expecting you here

[@CityNerd]

Man I really need to get to PA to film some of these cities.

[@bonkogames]

How is over a third of the country about to vote for this. I'm genuinely moving.

[@beejls]

They're illiterate.

[@user-uo7fw5bo1o]

They're brainwashed.

[@mitchellb4551]

the party allows them to hate others for their misfortunes instead of class. also they believe that they will rise as others fall (beacuse they totally wont be part of the falling crows right?)

[@jamesmoss739]

I dont see where the 1/3rd number came from. When I did the math it was 24% last election coted for him.

[@MrDisgruntledGamer1]

everyone has been turned into brain dead king fearing peasants because everyone is poor now. Everyone's too busy working two jobs to pay attention to the abysmal direction politics has taken.

[@stevecochrane9531]

Many thanks for highlighting the impact of "Project 2025" on urbanization and the climate crisis. Also, I know you somewhat envy the train system/urbanization of Europe, and I can tell you that the bus and bike networks here in Valencia, Spain are really comprehensive. Hopefully, you can make it back here, again. FYI, we follow many KZbinrs (like you) who are involved with Nebula, so we used your code to sign up for a lifetime account. Thanks!

[@sharongillesp]

Be sure to PLAN for Tuesday, November 5th. Don’t let it pass you by.💙

[@AMPProf]

OERSON.. FIND A CAVE.. TRYST FIND YOYR CAVE

[@awilder87]

This is so alarming! Ive been concerned for months about this, as a black person in America, specifically living in NYC. We are not safe under this document at all! And I fear the international relationships we will lose along with this, we already look pretty bad as it is. Thank you for breaking down these sections. It's an unwieldy document to get through.

[@graysonric]

If you need to leave NYC as I did, there are good places in the Caribbean for American expatriates.

[@popcorn8153]

@@graysonric not a great long term solution - gotta just vote vote vote.

[@YukonBloamie]

You can pick Project 2025, Agenda 47, or the RNC party platform it's all crap. And the no mention of abortion is to obfuscate that they will in fact pass a national abortion ban they just need the controls of power.

[@BidensTaint]

You live in a deep blue crime ridden city, what are you worried about?

[@AirShark95]

Go out and vote, or forever hold your peace

[@ecurewitz]

And vote blue straight down the ticket

[@rustyshackle917]

​@@ecurewitz red and blue both serve the same corporate masters. It's why this country continues to decline regardless of who is in office. Corporations are people Money is speech

[@IDoThings490]

@@rustyshackle917 True, but republicans are objectively worse about it, vote first, break the system after

[@ignasanchezl]

​@@rustyshackle917 I agree but one at least keeps corporate on their toes instead of letting them destroy everything.

[@linkly9272]

@@rustyshackle917 To be quite frank, the policy proposals of one are significantly more dangerous to the public than the other. I'd rather not have the people in power who are openly operating on a platform of drastically lowering corporate taxes (and thus public funding and services) and greatly weakening labor laws and unions, whilst also taking away the basic constitutional rights of those around me simply due to their ethnic background or sexuality.

[@zen1647]

I can't believe it actually calls out single family houses and low density housing as needing government support. So much for small government...

[@jerbear7952]

Ben Carson shouldn't be in charge of anything. I wouldn't trust him to run a dairy queen.

[@hylobateslar4151]

Ok granted he is apparently a very good neurosurgeon. I hate his politics, but you can't deny his credentials as a surgeon.

[@AMcGrath82]

@@hylobateslar4151 Being a good surgeon doesn't make you a good administrator anymore than being a good administrator makes you a good surgeon.