tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post5055683796633297071..comments2024-03-28T11:04:16.315+00:00Comments on Boffy's Blog: Capital I, Chapter 25 - Part 6Boffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post-18636887303467899902013-03-26T15:51:42.863+00:002013-03-26T15:51:42.863+00:00Marx didn't predict abolition of the town/coun...Marx didn't predict abolition of the town/country distinction, he said it would be something that Socialism would bring about. I don't think suburbanisation is exactly that. I don't want to go into it too much because I'll be dealing with it in part 2 of my posts on Housing Policy.<br /><br />I do indeed find much of the Left's Kowtowing to environmentalism rather annoying. When I was a County Councillor I drew up a proposed Plan as part of setting up a Regeneration Forum for the area I was responsible for. I will be dealing with some of the proposals in it in the next part of that series.<br /><br />The problem with some of the left's position is that it fetishises the Environment i.e. treating it as something separate from Man. In truth the Environment is the environment in which we have to live, and our aim should be to make that environment as pleasant and sustainable as possible, not simply defend the idea of keeping large areas of green fields where no one lives, green forever.Boffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post-77949184921457406422013-03-26T13:18:15.365+00:002013-03-26T13:18:15.365+00:00The rise of suburbia in the 20th century seems a l...The rise of suburbia in the 20th century seems a lot like abolition of the town/country distinction which I understand was predicted by Marx.<br /><br />It seems ironic that today most of the self-proclaimed "left" is hostile to suburbanization, usually on the grounds that suburbanites are totally dependent on their cars, because low-density residential areas cannot be efficiently served by public transport.<br /><br />Another factor is that many suburbs have a dendritic street pattern designed to make them safer for children to play in (by eliminating through traffic from residential streets).<br /><br />Is it just the case that since the fall of the Soviet Union, many well-meaning people have fallen victim to the siren call of <i>reactionary</i> anti-capitalist ideologies (chief of them all being romantic environmentalism)?George Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170378024031141482noreply@blogger.com