Even books-to-policy is rare. Since the 60s you only really have Death & Life, The Power Broker, The Next American Metropolis, The High Cost of Free Parking and maybe Human Transit that fit that bill I could be wrong, but Im not even sure if there are any posting-to-policy examples for urban issues

I kind of get what you are saying. He wrote ‘the’ book and has spent 20 years doing interviews and articles and bashing the point home non-stop. On the other hand it was only effective because he wrote a massive book that probably took 5+ years to research & write and could back up ever tiny point

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….most ‘ride or die’ or BlueAnon Dems have some understanding the party is not liked, Harris is not liked, and it’s not a problem the party machine cares to fix. Parroting Dem talking points is a way for a lot of people to try to cope. They won’t be able to avoid that reality come early 2025 though

This is true. And a lot of that (I think) has to do with the fact that after this election support for the Dems is going to plummet when a lot of leftist/progressive types give them a vote to defeat Trump but then tell them to fuck off unless they get their shit together….

I don’t even know if it’s false hope. I think they just keep saying that because they know the party is losing supporters with its pro-genocide stance and they are trying their damnedest to cover up that fact with ‘Harris will be different’ optimism. Deep down they also knows it’s failing.

I follow politics. I even replied to people who were live posting it last night. And this morning I’ve already forgotten everything about the VP debate. Gone. Memory holed because it really doesn’t matter in the slightest. Maybe 2400 people at most actually care

I’ve been drinking wine this entire time and even being joyfully buzzed I don’t think think is going well for Walz. So whatever they are on is clearly better than my gas station rosé.

Only sickos are actually watching it in full (which is a saving grace for Democrats). I think the deciding factor will be how does this debate get remixed for TikTok and Facebook. This probably hurt Walz’s stance with progressives (already a tenuous hold for Dems). Overall, probably didn’t hurt D’s

American guns are also behind a majority of urban gun violence in Canada. US gun violence is 100% an American export