09-05-2020, 05:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-05-2020, 05:48 PM by danbrotherston.)
(09-05-2020, 04:36 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(09-04-2020, 01:12 PM)ac3r Wrote: Sprawl in Breslau is inevitable, unfortunately. When Metrolinx builds the Breslau GO station, I imagine the entire area will slowly become suburban.
With proper planning (which will not be seen from Metrolinx for the foreseeable future), the station area could become one of those highly walkable, dense areas that were only built before planning. The station itself could be the centre of a bunch of highrises built together and linked across the tracks, then nearby streets could have midrise. All uses regularly needed by residents could be available — retail, professional, etc. — with transit linking to the rest of the city and of course to Guelph and beyond by GO.
We basically have the same vision for this...
As for being ruled by money, we *are* ruled by money, and none of those things are true. You are describing a form of utopia where absolute rational economic forces are at play. That is different from being ruled by money IMO. Instead, we have roads filled with giant trucks because there is more money to be made by convincing people that driving a big truck makes them feel more powerful, even though it makes the world worse for everyone.
But even your vision, I don't particularly support, (although at one point, I would have). I think compassion and empathy must be part of our society. At it's core, you could probably make an economic argument for euthenizing all troublemaking (non-conforming) citizens, but that's an extreme, less extreme is what we have right now, which is that capitalist markets are not particularly bothered by the US's descent into authoritarianism and fascism, because those problems don't affect capitalism, certainly capitalism has operated just fine in other less savoury countries than even the US. (And I'll leave aside the equity issue, because at it's core, you could simply argue for a UBI to solve that).