I'm planning to read "Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More", which makes a similar argument for the late Soviet Union. Most people knew that things had completely fallen apart and had lost faith in the system, and yet nobody could imagine anything different, and so the whole nation just kept going through the motions until one day it did just fall apart. I imagine there's a lot of parallels with the USSR in the 80s and America today.
@@EcoGecko Masha Gessen's "The Future is History" is also a really great book about the soviet collapse if you haven't already read it. What I really liked about it is how Gessen novelizes some of the eyewitness accounts they picked up to give the reader a sense of what it actually felt like to live through the real time collapse of this system you grew up believing was forever. My favorite part of it is the chapter where they talk about how for 48 hours during the attempted coup against Gorbachev, the only thing all the news stations broadcasted were reruns of Swan Lake. Imagine you're living in Moscow in 1991, you see tanks rolling outside your fucking window, and when you turn on the TV to try to find out what's going on, all you get are tippy toes and Tchaikovsky. Great videos by the way.
Displacing disorder through excessive policing and mallification of the city are making me realize why cities in America continue to fail to incentivize almost any non-poor resident to take public transit. Why break the illusion by getting on a bus with the exact people you've been avoiding.
@@majacovic5141 Cars. Personal vehicles. The hyper loop is not being set up for high speed rail or any form of public transport, even if busses use it. If you believe it is, I fear you have also been conditioned to expect "rain" whenever musk unzips his pants.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing with that loitering ordinance. The most extreme version of a police state. And today America is now, literally, the least free country on Earth. We have the highest prison population and the highest incarceration rate, and there isn't even a close second.
It's so extreme that when it eventually came before the Supreme Court (Chicago v Morales, 1999), it was easily struck down, since "a law cannot be so vague that a person of ordinary intelligence can not figure out what is innocent activity and what is illegal". Unfortunately that did little good for the hundreds of thousands that had already been arrested, and cities soon developed new strategies to achieve the same goals.
@@pachiroli7308 wait wait wait....hold up. You mean this comment right here will increase this videos visibility? And therefore spread this knowledge even further?
That's like if you got kicked out of the library for spending the whole day there quietly reading. What's the use in calling it "public" if people can't spend time there as they please?
I love how you brought up Hudson Yards here. As a NYer I cringe seeing the corruption of the city planners here and that place really is a playground for the ultra rich. All the shops, restaurants etc are out of reach for the majority of us. But that’s New York, a tale of two cities. Great work.
Hudson Yards is almost a red flag for me on those dating apps. Half the women I see have pictures there and in DUMBO or the BK bridge and I instantly know I’m too broke to date her lol😅
You're right that this has spread. I live in Berlin and over the last few years, I've seen a hard decrease of the open-mindedness and tolerance this city was known for. Hostile architecture spreads like wildfire, people of colour get racially profiled and the middle class families sue the bars and clubs away since the scene attracted by that makes them feel icky.
There is something about someone moving to Berlin, next to a club, and then feeling entitled to sue the club for noise... It's almost incomprehensible entitlement.
So true, unfortunately... I saw similar things in Hamburg (Gentrification of the Schanze by german engineered Wasserwerfer), Paris (Brutal handling of any kind of 'disorder' by the beloved CRS) and Barcelona (where tourism is to be protected by any means).
gotta say, my favorite re-occurring theme around here is when there's a problem, people all agree we should fix it, and that it's worth spending a lot of money to do so, and then we don't and spend the money on something else instead. really gives that warm, fuzzy democracy feeling.
7:16 The savest a public place can be then must be one where nobody is around. What is a public space for if everything you are allowed to do there is pass through or otherwise be arrested.
In "Life Between Buildings", Jan Gehl has entire chapters on how people sitting, standing, or otherwise loitering around is absolutely essential to maintaining healthy public space. Sadly we've gone in the opposite direction.
@@EcoGecko It really seems like cities and suburbs have become mere hubs for activities of people participating in the circulation of capital.There is no place for living for yourself and your loved ones.Certainly you should just abide by the dream of realization of accumulation,if you're to be seen.
Eco Gecko, back at it again with that hard hitting journalism. I read a comment reading you are in the middle of a move. I hope the rest of that goes well for you. And thanks for the excellent video
12:30 Japan's 90+% conviction rate is a whole other can of worms, and involves basically torturing confessions out of innocent people. Not that the US doesn't do that a lot, too
Can't watch this right away, but commenting for algorithm engagement! Very excited for this! Edit: Watched it. Excellent video, as usual, from the Gecko
Thank you for making this, broken windows theory is often cited by many people who have just heard it second hand working or want some right wing police ideology to hang on too. I now know where to link people too. Edit: ending with the construction of 432 Park Ave is a nice touch
Thank you for this comprehensive analysis of the scourge of modern American policing. If we want to actually make our cities safer, sterilizing them with these dystopian tactics isn't going to help.
Still incredible to me how much of our lives are dictated by decisions made a long time ago by a few people while we who have to deal with the consequences have less and less say in policy every year.
Excellent video. I hope you continue to make more and more. I'm genuinely repulsed by a lot of "left-tube" videos because most people are either grifters or just have a completely polarizing "youtuber" personality. Everything you make comes with a very palatable atmosphere and is very well researched.
Thanks! I think a lot of newer left-tubers try to imitate the style of HBomberGuy and so on and so go for a more bombastic style, which most (including myself!) don't have the charisma to do. I long ago learned that I do best when I simply mirror my real-world self, which is to say a boring but thorough nerd!
@@EcoGecko everyone (even if they think they're just a "boring nerd") has their own district personality. it's very apparent when trend chasers are trying to reach a certain demographic by adopting a personality that "brings numbers." refreshing to see an informed channel that's not a clone!
There is something to be said about how New York implemented their policy, and it wasn’t just the aggressive policing; they actually made an active effort to clean up the subways, make them nice, keep the train cars clean. They fixed the broken windows. Granted, they didn’t do enough, and the worst parts of their policies (stop-and-frisk, etc.) were still horrible, but to an extent, it did work in its stated goal, which was to reduce crime, despite having all of the demographic signifiers of what should have been an INCREASE in crime: something that, by the way, most large cities at that time did not have.
Good to see my city of SD getting some love. Yes, our community efforts are strong. You can go to the "4 corners of death" and it will have gang intervention people standing around instead of bangers now. But, we do have gang injunctions too and SDPD is very aggressive in pulling people over. It's a mixed bag.
thats amaerican law in general, it dosen't matter if you didn't do anything wrong, they can and will come the books to find even the smallest and most insignificant infraction and lock you in a cage for decades
Holy crap- went from talking about suburbia hell to some really intense social systemic problems. Suburbia hell hinted at some of these kind of issues but man that escalated quickly.
Thank you so much for your work and your channel I had two essays to do, one about the surburbs, one about the broken window theory you make it easier and captivating!!
This answer's the question "What if City Beautiful kept sh*t real?". On a more serious note I'd like to say thank you for making this very interesting video!
It always bother me that city beautiful never gets to the root of the problem. Everything seems so superficial with him. Sometimes it seems like he is okay with the status quo and doesn't want to upset anyone.
fantastic video.i think everyone whos been to any of these places can feel exactly what you are talking about, but you back it up with so much evidence and sources that it really brings it all together.
To the people in charge, perceived land value > reducing real crime. After all, more rich tax payers moving in = more tax dollars in the politician's pockets.
@@james_chatman Socialism? Nah. The decline of Christian morals is responsible for this, which simply spurs on the negative actions of politicians. Socialism sucks.
@@christianitis I dont see how Christian values has anything to do with city wide policy. There was much more widespread poverty, violent crime and destitution when most of the countries elite were dyed in the wool Christian.
These videos are a blessing! Your research is more thorough than anyone else I've seen on UA-cam. Don't be surprised if I plagiarize some points from your videos for my Political Science degree papers.
Please do take all the information you need, just be sure to cite the original source haha. If you ever need a specific citation for something let me know and I'll be happy to provide it.
I saw this on your Patreon and will now share it far and wide. If only more Americans knew what really goes on with police instead of buying the "thin blue line" mythology. You are a true patriot, much love from Vaush's community. ❤️✊🌹 (Also, 6 cops disliked this video.)
I'm so glad I discovered your channel a little while ago. It's incredibly hard to find such well researched videos on any topic (let alone important ones like this) on youtube. Thank you for your work.
Subscribing to this Channel was such a good decision, thank god i’ve seen you on Vaush‘s stream, otherwise I probably would‘ve never stumbled upon this channel, thanks for the content man, keep it up!
I live outside of chicago and i always had weird feelings about it, but could never articulate it. thank you for enlightening me, even though it makes me even more sad about the current state of things. keep up the good work!
Only criticism I have is in regard to the Japan statistic in regard to murder rate. While low, Japan is notorious for ignoring crimes unless they can get the 100% conviction rate, and they have their own issues in relation to justice and police. Otherwise, this video is on point and well researched.
God just the title of this video gave me flashbacks to Intro to Criminology and the complete contradicting evidence of the efficacy of Broken Window theory when I researched it. Love your videos man.
Fantastic video. This should have millions of views. I see a lot of parallels with the fantasy cities created here and the rise of the SUV that you described in another video
what a good piece, i can never get enough of all the research that goes into these and will be looking through the sources myself. American cities will never stop becoming dystopian without massive changes to even basic human morals. no public transport will be made to city centers because that would expose those people to the ones they have been trying to avoid. no good bus network for the same reason. why make a place more walkable when it just invites the homeless to go there. they will just spend that money on those ''public'' spaces like Hudson yard which are simply made for the ultra rich and no one else. all of this just worsens the already lack of eyes on the street in many American cities making crime more common. unless of course, you think being out on the street ''loitering''' is already a crime.
It's interesting that something as fascist-adjacent as "broken windows" would willingly evoke imagery of Kristallnacht with its name. Very good video! While it's nice to look on the progress that has been made so far across the continental United States and abroad, it's important to remind ourselves that there is still so much work to be done.
This channel is amazing it's well researched and it's precise in it's criticisms against capitalism and the corruptions it causes. The view of this corruption through the very material lens of policies and city planning also helps us find the clear cause of our societies ills. Really good work here.
That is not to say that corruption is exclusive to capitalism though. USSR was incredibly corrupt, even more so than the current USA. That is not an argument against socialism of course. Rather it is a warning that it can happen to any nation. Especially when the right (or rather wrong) people come to power.
I discovered this channel through NJB. I'm loving the content, but could you do something about the audio volume normalisation? Having to attend to the volume at the beginning and end of each video if I want both to hear clearly and not have my ears blasted off during credits is not pleasant...
Ironically, "broken window" theory is actually turning out to become true in my city, in a sense. The areas with abandoned businesses and houses are a magnet for all the graffiti, fires, shootings/stabbings, and drug busts happening more often now... but also more often in only those neighborhoods instead of the "nicer" parts (I live in a nicer area). The city has identified certain development areas and cultural centres, but has left other areas outside this purview... and those areas that people don't care about have actually attracted crime from people who actually live in other cities. They travel here to do their business. The city has almost enabled this "broken window" theory to evolve too, by intentionally encouraging open drug use ("destigmatized use") and homeless camps only in certain areas, while being harsh on people who camp in "nice" places. The city and it's people have sort of given up on some neighborhoods, and so naturally that's where people go to commit crime because they always seem to get away with it there.
yeah, this set of policies really did nothing to solve the problem, but it did a great job of literally physically relocating the problem. In the eyes of the millionaires in the city centers, it's worked perfectly.
New mic when? Jokes aside, I have to mention you use by far the most sources out of any video essays and analyses I've seen on yt. Idk where you find the motivation to sift through so much data but thank you
I can't believe I never made the connection before that under broken windows policing, the police never actually fix broken windows. It seems so obvious but I'd completely taken it for granted. Thanks for this video, eye opening for sure.
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"Man why can't these homeless people just make something of themselves" *takes all their property and money*
the hypocrisy of the late stage capitalism is staggering
*arrests them for literally standing somewhere*
Can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps when cops are going after them with scissors.
man, how fucked this country actually is... scary
@@Bennick323 i mean like its impossible to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps anyways
The cities are a perfect metaphor for the country as a whole. Both teetering on the brink, but dressed up to look stable and successful
I'm planning to read "Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More", which makes a similar argument for the late Soviet Union. Most people knew that things had completely fallen apart and had lost faith in the system, and yet nobody could imagine anything different, and so the whole nation just kept going through the motions until one day it did just fall apart. I imagine there's a lot of parallels with the USSR in the 80s and America today.
Adam Curtis references that idea extensively in Hypernormalisation (2016). Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet
@@NoMoreCrumbs I have seen it, that's what alerted me to the book's existence actually. A great movie.
@@EcoGecko Masha Gessen's "The Future is History" is also a really great book about the soviet collapse if you haven't already read it. What I really liked about it is how Gessen novelizes some of the eyewitness accounts they picked up to give the reader a sense of what it actually felt like to live through the real time collapse of this system you grew up believing was forever. My favorite part of it is the chapter where they talk about how for 48 hours during the attempted coup against Gorbachev, the only thing all the news stations broadcasted were reruns of Swan Lake. Imagine you're living in Moscow in 1991, you see tanks rolling outside your fucking window, and when you turn on the TV to try to find out what's going on, all you get are tippy toes and Tchaikovsky.
Great videos by the way.
@@EcoGecko reminds me of the sentence “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”
Displacing disorder through excessive policing and mallification of the city are making me realize why cities in America continue to fail to incentivize almost any non-poor resident to take public transit. Why break the illusion by getting on a bus with the exact people you've been avoiding.
Yep, remember how Elon Musk said he didn't like public transit because one of the people next to you could be a serial killer? It's the same mindset.
@@EcoGecko The guy making the hyperloop doesn't like public transport?
@@majacovic5141 No. He's literally paying people to build Vacuum-tubes for the sole purpose of avoiding it.
@@ShysTheLimit What will be driving in those tubes?
@@majacovic5141
Cars. Personal vehicles. The hyper loop is not being set up for high speed rail or any form of public transport, even if busses use it.
If you believe it is, I fear you have also been conditioned to expect "rain" whenever musk unzips his pants.
Jesus, that loitering ordinance was fascist. That's crazy.
The Germans were inspired by the Americans with Jim Crow and other such things
@@lakeblackBLM Yeah, they were also inspired by Americas' gas chambers and exploration of eugenics of the 30s
The saddest part is, it's not even that crazy in the context of all the other crazy almost-fascist shit that the US has done.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing with that loitering ordinance. The most extreme version of a police state. And today America is now, literally, the least free country on Earth. We have the highest prison population and the highest incarceration rate, and there isn't even a close second.
It's so extreme that when it eventually came before the Supreme Court (Chicago v Morales, 1999), it was easily struck down, since "a law cannot be so vague that a person of ordinary intelligence can not figure out what is innocent activity and what is illegal". Unfortunately that did little good for the hundreds of thousands that had already been arrested, and cities soon developed new strategies to achieve the same goals.
Engaging so that the algorithm will show this to more people.
Keep up your good work!
ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
So if I comment more people will see it?
@@Tamales21 yes
@@pachiroli7308 wait wait wait....hold up. You mean this comment right here will increase this videos visibility? And therefore spread this knowledge even further?
@@Tamales21 yes
they even hung up 'no loitering' signs in chicago's parks. like, "hey poors, this is a park, not a place for you to hang out"
So then what's the point of the park?
No loitering signs in a park? Isn't loitering like the entire purpose of a park?
@@veganarchistcommunist3051 Only if you're the "right kind" of person, one who contributes to the illusion of order
That's like if you got kicked out of the library for spending the whole day there quietly reading. What's the use in calling it "public" if people can't spend time there as they please?
@bakuguardian this happens to "undesirables" at the library as well
I love how you brought up Hudson Yards here. As a NYer I cringe seeing the corruption of the city planners here and that place really is a playground for the ultra rich. All the shops, restaurants etc are out of reach for the majority of us. But that’s New York, a tale of two cities. Great work.
This is in both parties since both parties wether that be directly or indirectly disadvantage marginalized people.
@@jaymesc4436 yep. Both parties are bought and paid for by corporate interests.
Hudson Yards is almost a red flag for me on those dating apps. Half the women I see have pictures there and in DUMBO or the BK bridge and I instantly know I’m too broke to date her lol😅
@@MelGibsonFan it’s equivalent to the dudes on boats. The apps are a ride
@@nuggets0717 Haha I’ve always wondered what the male equivalent is. Like what’re the cliches and gimmicks that the guys use?
You're right that this has spread. I live in Berlin and over the last few years, I've seen a hard decrease of the open-mindedness and tolerance this city was known for. Hostile architecture spreads like wildfire, people of colour get racially profiled and the middle class families sue the bars and clubs away since the scene attracted by that makes them feel icky.
That's awful. The only thing that I'd heard about modern berlin is the bars and clubs.
There is something about someone moving to Berlin, next to a club, and then feeling entitled to sue the club for noise... It's almost incomprehensible entitlement.
So true, unfortunately... I saw similar things in Hamburg (Gentrification of the Schanze by german engineered Wasserwerfer), Paris (Brutal handling of any kind of 'disorder' by the beloved CRS) and Barcelona (where tourism is to be protected by any means).
Oh no.
how can suck a law suit win? what were they suing over? i would appreciate more information on this
gotta say, my favorite re-occurring theme around here is when there's a problem, people all agree we should fix it, and that it's worth spending a lot of money to do so, and then we don't and spend the money on something else instead. really gives that warm, fuzzy democracy feeling.
This man eco don’t miss bruh
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7:16 The savest a public place can be then must be one where nobody is around. What is a public space for if everything you are allowed to do there is pass through or otherwise be arrested.
In "Life Between Buildings", Jan Gehl has entire chapters on how people sitting, standing, or otherwise loitering around is absolutely essential to maintaining healthy public space. Sadly we've gone in the opposite direction.
@@EcoGecko It really seems like cities and suburbs have become mere hubs for activities of people participating in the circulation of capital.There is no place for living for yourself and your loved ones.Certainly you should just abide by the dream of realization of accumulation,if you're to be seen.
Eco Gecko, back at it again with that hard hitting journalism. I read a comment reading you are in the middle of a move. I hope the rest of that goes well for you. And thanks for the excellent video
Thank you! And apologies for the audio issues, they are an unavoidable consequence of the move. More and better content coming soon!
12:30 Japan's 90+% conviction rate is a whole other can of worms, and involves basically torturing confessions out of innocent people. Not that the US doesn't do that a lot, too
Heading straight into the cyberpunk future of rich urban commercial areas walled off by a militaristic police force. Who could've thought
Can't watch this right away, but commenting for algorithm engagement! Very excited for this!
Edit: Watched it. Excellent video, as usual, from the Gecko
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Thank you for making this, broken windows theory is often cited by many people who have just heard it second hand working or want some right wing police ideology to hang on too. I now know where to link people too.
Edit: ending with the construction of 432 Park Ave is a nice touch
And of course we're seeing it all over again now with the current panic about the "spike" in crime and police defunding! Nothing ever changes.
you two should really work together. you are both amazing content creators
@@brunhildevalkyrie we might already be... 😎
@@alanthefisher good alankin, good
Alankin Skyfisher and Ecobi-wan Geckobi!
Thank you for this comprehensive analysis of the scourge of modern American policing. If we want to actually make our cities safer, sterilizing them with these dystopian tactics isn't going to help.
Still incredible to me how much of our lives are dictated by decisions made a long time ago by a few people while we who have to deal with the consequences have less and less say in policy every year.
God eco geckos content is just so near perfect, and always unbelievably based
What? No, it's not Just Bikes who's almost perfect.
Excellent video.
I hope you continue to make more and more.
I'm genuinely repulsed by a lot of "left-tube" videos because most people are either grifters or just have a completely polarizing "youtuber" personality.
Everything you make comes with a very palatable atmosphere and is very well researched.
Thanks! I think a lot of newer left-tubers try to imitate the style of HBomberGuy and so on and so go for a more bombastic style, which most (including myself!) don't have the charisma to do. I long ago learned that I do best when I simply mirror my real-world self, which is to say a boring but thorough nerd!
@@EcoGecko everyone (even if they think they're just a "boring nerd") has their own district personality.
it's very apparent when trend chasers are trying to reach a certain demographic by adopting a personality that "brings numbers."
refreshing to see an informed channel that's not a clone!
There is something to be said about how New York implemented their policy, and it wasn’t just the aggressive policing; they actually made an active effort to clean up the subways, make them nice, keep the train cars clean. They fixed the broken windows. Granted, they didn’t do enough, and the worst parts of their policies (stop-and-frisk, etc.) were still horrible, but to an extent, it did work in its stated goal, which was to reduce crime, despite having all of the demographic signifiers of what should have been an INCREASE in crime: something that, by the way, most large cities at that time did not have.
Good to see my city of SD getting some love. Yes, our community efforts are strong. You can go to the "4 corners of death" and it will have gang intervention people standing around instead of bangers now. But, we do have gang injunctions too and SDPD is very aggressive in pulling people over. It's a mixed bag.
Interesting, I'll have to look more into those gang intervention efforts! Thanks for bringing that up.
@@EcoGecko Thanks for the great video!
This is an incredible analysis, and a thoroughly researched takedown of broken windows policing. Thanks for the fantastic work as always Gecko!
"Loitering" is one of those uniquely american laws that lets police arrest anyone for absolutely anything at any point.
thats amaerican law in general, it dosen't matter if you didn't do anything wrong, they can and will come the books to find even the smallest and most insignificant infraction and lock you in a cage for decades
One of the most informative channels out there, really great stuff
I’m afraid he’s developed an addiction to not missing 😔
Holy crap- went from talking about suburbia hell to some really intense social systemic problems.
Suburbia hell hinted at some of these kind of issues but man that escalated quickly.
One of my favorite channels on UA-cam- I always look forward to a new video. Keep up the great work!
So hyped to see your uploads, your videos make me feel a sense of learning and discovery I haven't felt in a long time, since high school probably
Cool seeing an urbanist take on broken windows policing, this was super informative. Great work!
Important and tragically under-watched videos. Excellent content. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your work and your channel I had two essays to do, one about the surburbs, one about the broken window theory you make it easier and captivating!!
Fantastic content! You did a great job with citations and framing. Keep it up!!
I spent the whole day binge-watching Eco's videos. Awesome and quality videos. Thank you for making them.
This answer's the question "What if City Beautiful kept sh*t real?". On a more serious note I'd like to say thank you for making this very interesting video!
city beautiful is a gentrifier
It always bother me that city beautiful never gets to the root of the problem. Everything seems so superficial with him. Sometimes it seems like he is okay with the status quo and doesn't want to upset anyone.
Thank you for pointing out a vague problem I always felt but couldn’t put into solid words.
wonder what Orwell or Huxley would have thought about people being arrested for standing a shopping mall without buying something
Probably something along the lines of "Damn, these people are trying a speedrun of my books!"
Reminds me of that Ray Bradbury story "the pedestrian". Truly we live in hell.
fantastic video.i think everyone whos been to any of these places can feel exactly what you are talking about, but you back it up with so much evidence and sources that it really brings it all together.
To the people in charge, perceived land value > reducing real crime.
After all, more rich tax payers moving in = more tax dollars in the politician's pockets.
@@james_chatman Socialism? Nah. The decline of Christian morals is responsible for this, which simply spurs on the negative actions of politicians. Socialism sucks.
@@christianitis I dont see how Christian values has anything to do with city wide policy. There was much more widespread poverty, violent crime and destitution when most of the countries elite were dyed in the wool Christian.
@@macgobhann8712 False.
@@christianitis Define socialism, if you would.
@@malikbarbrie5257 When the government does stuff
Wonderful work as always capturing the link between economic growth and police violence.
Clicked this the second it popped up in my notifications! Looking forward to seeing another fantastic video
yo this video is absolute fire and best u made ! love you
I'm glad your channel exists. You might be the most productive channel ever
Your videos are some of the best content on the entire platform. Thank you!
Incredible video as always. Hope the algorithm doesn't miss this one!
These videos are a blessing! Your research is more thorough than anyone else I've seen on UA-cam. Don't be surprised if I plagiarize some points from your videos for my Political Science degree papers.
Please do take all the information you need, just be sure to cite the original source haha. If you ever need a specific citation for something let me know and I'll be happy to provide it.
Your channel is amazing.
Went through all of your videos and am left baffled on how little exposure you have.
This was a great bit of exposition and storytelling. Keep'em coming!
Very interesting. You did good on this one.
I saw this on your Patreon and will now share it far and wide. If only more Americans knew what really goes on with police instead of buying the "thin blue line" mythology. You are a true patriot, much love from Vaush's community. ❤️✊🌹 (Also, 6 cops disliked this video.)
I'm so glad I discovered your channel a little while ago. It's incredibly hard to find such well researched videos on any topic (let alone important ones like this) on youtube. Thank you for your work.
Absolute mad lad, keep up the good work. We need more to know
Subscribing to this Channel was such a good decision, thank god i’ve seen you on Vaush‘s stream, otherwise I probably would‘ve never stumbled upon this channel, thanks for the content man, keep it up!
Great video! Always look forward to your uploads
It’s been amazing to see how many of these pieces fit together to form the modern world.
I live outside of chicago and i always had weird feelings about it, but could never articulate it. thank you for enlightening me, even though it makes me even more sad about the current state of things. keep up the good work!
Only criticism I have is in regard to the Japan statistic in regard to murder rate. While low, Japan is notorious for ignoring crimes unless they can get the 100% conviction rate, and they have their own issues in relation to justice and police. Otherwise, this video is on point and well researched.
their divorce laws are insane, basically legalized kidnapping of any child the couple produces
God just the title of this video gave me flashbacks to Intro to Criminology and the complete contradicting evidence of the efficacy of Broken Window theory when I researched it. Love your videos man.
Cruelty really is the Conservative movements last and final form.
last? Cruelty is the first and dearest motto of the conservative mindset.
Both conservatives and liberals are shit
This is a fantastic video that is incredibly well researched. Please keep up the good work.
Another excellent video. We need to boost your signal, people really need to take a step back and learn about this.
Fantastic video. This should have millions of views. I see a lot of parallels with the fantasy cities created here and the rise of the SUV that you described in another video
An absolute slapper of a video. Your content never slips. I'm sure Vaush will be all over this one too. Great work dude.
Well structured and informative, as always.
your videos are some of the best on youtube, keep up with the great work!
Finally another vid! Thank you this is great!
Amazing video. I always love how well researched these are.
Thank you for the effort you put into these videos
Thank you for watching them!
what a good piece, i can never get enough of all the research that goes into these and will be looking through the sources myself. American cities will never stop becoming dystopian without massive changes to even basic human morals.
no public transport will be made to city centers because that would expose those people to the ones they have been trying to avoid.
no good bus network for the same reason.
why make a place more walkable when it just invites the homeless to go there. they will just spend that money on those ''public'' spaces like Hudson yard which are simply made for the ultra rich and no one else.
all of this just worsens the already lack of eyes on the street in many American cities making crime more common. unless of course, you think being out on the street ''loitering''' is already a crime.
Fantastic work as always! Also congrats on the sub growth, more people need to see this.
your thumbnail is really good! great video!
Yours is one of the best channels on here.
It's interesting that something as fascist-adjacent as "broken windows" would willingly evoke imagery of Kristallnacht with its name.
Very good video! While it's nice to look on the progress that has been made so far across the continental United States and abroad, it's important to remind ourselves that there is still so much work to be done.
This channel is amazing it's well researched and it's precise in it's criticisms against capitalism and the corruptions it causes. The view of this corruption through the very material lens of policies and city planning also helps us find the clear cause of our societies ills. Really good work here.
That is not to say that corruption is exclusive to capitalism though.
USSR was incredibly corrupt, even more so than the current USA. That is not an argument against socialism of course.
Rather it is a warning that it can happen to any nation. Especially when the right (or rather wrong) people come to power.
Fantastic vid as always. Thanks for doing an in-depth analysis on this subject
Awesome job researching this- keep up the good work!
Love all of you videos they are so well researched. keep up the good work
Another certified banger. Love your work, man.
your video essays are excellent, keep up the great work!
Sharing this. Thanks for all your hard work.
Another great video from the champ!
Such a good video. Well done.
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So good! Awesome work on this!!
Incredibly sad and dystopian. Thanks for the video!
I discovered this channel through NJB. I'm loving the content, but could you do something about the audio volume normalisation? Having to attend to the volume at the beginning and end of each video if I want both to hear clearly and not have my ears blasted off during credits is not pleasant...
Thanks for letting me know! Audio has always been my weak point but I'll put extra effort into balancing things in the next one.
what a fantastically detailed video! great work
Brilliant work, thanks
Ironically, "broken window" theory is actually turning out to become true in my city, in a sense. The areas with abandoned businesses and houses are a magnet for all the graffiti, fires, shootings/stabbings, and drug busts happening more often now... but also more often in only those neighborhoods instead of the "nicer" parts (I live in a nicer area). The city has identified certain development areas and cultural centres, but has left other areas outside this purview... and those areas that people don't care about have actually attracted crime from people who actually live in other cities. They travel here to do their business. The city has almost enabled this "broken window" theory to evolve too, by intentionally encouraging open drug use ("destigmatized use") and homeless camps only in certain areas, while being harsh on people who camp in "nice" places. The city and it's people have sort of given up on some neighborhoods, and so naturally that's where people go to commit crime because they always seem to get away with it there.
yeah, this set of policies really did nothing to solve the problem, but it did a great job of literally physically relocating the problem. In the eyes of the millionaires in the city centers, it's worked perfectly.
this was really informative, thank you.
Eco Gecko never disappoints! Thank you again!
Thank you for this splendid look into broken windows policing.
Keep it up man! This is great stuff.
Amazing, well researched content, like always
Super insightful analysis as usual.
This is INCREDIBLE WORK!
New mic when? Jokes aside, I have to mention you use by far the most sources out of any video essays and analyses I've seen on yt. Idk where you find the motivation to sift through so much data but thank you
I think you underestimate the motivation being a total dork gives you haha. But thanks, I'm just glad people are interested in these topics!
I can't believe I never made the connection before that under broken windows policing, the police never actually fix broken windows. It seems so obvious but I'd completely taken it for granted. Thanks for this video, eye opening for sure.
i love your videos! So well researched and presented
still thinking about ya, rewatching this great video
Return of the King
I needed this for a debate this morning. Funny how it took me to actually mention it in conversation to get this to show up.
Absolutely amazing as always. 👏👏👏👏👏