I’ve always thought a bit radical that New Urbanism and Smart Growth be equated to “communism”. I have come to fear communism not because of bike lanes but because of shortages, secret police, re-education camps and absolute lack of freedom. The assumption that everything must be read in terms of asymmetrical relationships and assuming ill will, yet solved by the State, the biggest asymmetrical relationship of them all, and by the public servant, folks who magically surrender their ill will, is naïve, to say the least.
Metaphors, Asymmetries and Hope
Metaphors, Asymmetries and Hope
Metaphors, Asymmetries and Hope
I’ve always thought a bit radical that New Urbanism and Smart Growth be equated to “communism”. I have come to fear communism not because of bike lanes but because of shortages, secret police, re-education camps and absolute lack of freedom. The assumption that everything must be read in terms of asymmetrical relationships and assuming ill will, yet solved by the State, the biggest asymmetrical relationship of them all, and by the public servant, folks who magically surrender their ill will, is naïve, to say the least.