• Slatlun
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    You said it. And I would add critical thinking to the requirements. Even if they don’t feel a responsibility towards any other people generally, ‘effective and cheaper’ should sway anyone who doesn’t just want someone to marginalize, exploit, or otherwise look down on.

    • Chris Remington@beehaw.org
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      I don’t understand what is preventing major cities in the US from implementing these strategies. They must know about this. It’s been in the news cycle for years!

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        it requires a society with a sense of decency and solidarity.

        I have become, sadly, a pessimist.

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            I think even the US had its moments. Social Security, the “Great Society” programs, ACA (to an extent). But attitudes towards a more humane, equal and inclusive society seem to have drastically hardened on the right.