(01-20-2022, 02:51 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(01-19-2022, 11:25 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: This video is a pretty good representation of the homeless problem in major cities in America though west coast cities seem to have it much worse. I watched this some time in the last year or so and it was an eye opener. 

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This is a very good video. At the 4:55 mark you can see the dichotomy that is leftism. While enabling the rot that has overtaken their city, the city council members are literally laughing in the faces of angry and vocal citizens. But unfortunately, this uproar is self-inflicted because as soon as a candidate announces themselves as tough on crime, these same angry citizens who are being laughed at by their civic leaders will in turn label this new candidate as a heartless fascist, or some sort, and will then proceed to vote for another laissez-fair leftist. Leftism is a swirling bowl of brainwashed self-consumption.

Seattle only needs to hold up a mirror to see how it got this way. Feckless city leaders were allowed to do this because the citizens keep voting them in. Sorry, Seattle, but you’re stupid.

Simply incorrect.
You're conflating local politics with national politics. 
There are different sets of people addressing different sets of issues at each level.  
At the national level, Seattle voters favor leftists, and you identify that correctly.  
At the local level, they favor NIMBYs, whether left or right.
The NIMBYs hate high density housing.  That's the whole issue.

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