Arguably the most consequential magazine article of all time—“Broken Windows,” by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling—and the foundation of the restoration of public order in urban America from the 1990s up until our present progressive elites decided to chuck all that real progress into the gutter.

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[–]terflon 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

fucking broken windows theory, really? y'all fucking retarded

[–]Chipit[S] 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

It's what led to Guiliani creating a safe New York in the 90s after the crime-ridden filth of the 70s and 80s. Times Square used to be a dangerous place, now it's got Disney.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Giuliani is no saint, especially during 9/11. There were pros and cons with their reforms. When I lived in Manhattan I saw my Alphabet City go from rough to gentrified in 5 years - and Times Square went from a place with character (much shady) to a consumer whore's boring wet dream. Artists and others were forced to move to Brooklyn and the city became more boring, like a mall.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

There were pros and cons with their his reforms.

It's OK, you can speak the truth here.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Don't be so simplistic and go believing that the figurehead comes up with all this shit themselves and wields all the power alone. They are absolutely nothing without the legions of supporters, insiders, think tanks, assistants, and co-conspirators. And of course the stop-and-frisk policemen thugs.

Mafia governments are MUCH more than just the "leading" puppets of the ruling class.

That is the truth.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No actual arguments then, just fashionable beliefs.