Why Progressives Ruin Cities
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2022
- San Francisco is filled with unpunished crime and people openly doing illegal drugs in tent cities.
How did it get this way?
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Author Michael Shellenberger says it was his own progressive ideas that destroyed San Francisco.
“My city is sick,” he tells me. “Progressivism has become the abdication of personal responsibility,” he says.
Even the city’s progressive mayor has now changed her mind, and vows that policing will be more aggressive.
We will see.
I don’t think people should be locked up for doing drugs or for being homeless. But when they steal or threaten others, they should be punished.
Protecting us is one of the few things government should do.
The progressive activists need to take the homeless into their own homes, feed and clothe them.
My wife is a progressive ~ I did that and she divorced me ~ AND they were all criminals who despitefuly used me and hated me anyway ~ WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT THEY WERE ! Drunks ,addicts and loopy irresponsable nutjobs ! They wouldn't work or get out of bed till NOON ! I tell you ~ It's time for Stalinist purges ~
@@markusbroyles1884 don't marry liberal again...I know most women tends liberal...but marry conservative next time
I couldn't agree more. Help these poor people get a new start.
A major benefit would be in house baby sitting. When the couple are out of the house working , the heroin addict living in your guest room can babysit your children this saving more money. This is a win win for all involved.
@@bruceconstuble7776 lol!!! I hope that's sarcasm i smell! Lol!
@@markusbroyles1884 Kind of a weird way to classify your children
“It just went too far” no, this is just the natural consequence of your work.
What does one do when they realize their role in destroying a city? clean it up? No, wright a book and make money from it.
Elf
His statement is a conundrum, it doesn’t make sense. I still support the work of leftist radicalism but it just went too far… what??? Lol
Not really it’s one thing to want to decriminalize drugs and force rehab on peopke and another to just let people shoot it up and not be forced into rehab
@@iironhide6209 At this point the drugs are a societal problem that not only influence the junkies but also influence the people around them, especially setting a bad example to kids.
More serious action should be undertaken to remove the junkies from the streets and clean everywhere of needles etc.
Otherwise in a generation or two the problem will get worse and it might be time to nuke instead.
I used to be liberal...then I grew up.
Then realized it doesn't matter who is in charge and your country is rotting?
You grow up when you are not either liberal OR conservative but intelligent instead.
@@hew195050 Intelligence is innate. Knowledge is learned. Conservatism is upholding the Constitution and the vision of the framers. It's actually is the default position - centrist, not "far right" as it is known today. Conservatism is pragmatism at its finest. This knowledge was developed as the truth was revealed to me...and as Jesus began to bless my life of course!
What is a liberal?
@@humanbeing5300 a fool.
Simple way to fix this. Force all progressive activist to live with the people they're helping instead of their gated community.
Great idea!
WOW! good point...
Then let all conservative activists live with the people they destroy. Goes both ways.
@@hew195050nope it doesn’t this is all liberals’ fault buddy you can wallow in these shitholes your friends created.. insane how conservatism worked great until left politicans came into play lmao
There’s 1000x more progressive than conservative activists ding-a-ling.
Arresting people does no good if they are simply released and not prosecuted.
In the end dont build a wall with mexico, dig a trench 20 meters deep. All arested people go to dig your sentence.
@@valentinosstamkos4022 like the movie holes but it’s just one big hole.
@valentinos stamkos you deserve a free ticket to the Eatern Bloc
We need to send theves off to reform and labor camps and for those it don't work for, we should adopt Saudi Arabia laws and remove fingers and hands.
It does less to keep them on the street or not arrest them. Until a full system is set up like Solutions for Change, then everything else doesn't work.
It's easy to be "woke", when none of the progressive policies directly affect you. The moment it hits home, most people sing a different tune.
Sounds about right
That is because the woke don't actually believe in the bullshit they espouse. It is just virtue signaling, especially in front of others for admiration of fluff, but no substance.
@@alanguages that’s what cops in Cali said about these upper middle class liberals who protest against the police.
@@Deknis Once the Libs experience the crime, they will immediately attempt to call the police. Not the bullshit of talk to people about their feelings and understand their plight without cops.
The woke are infuriating, as we also know they like to destroy neighborhoods, that need the police the most.
No joke. Have a bunch of these criminals move into where these progressives live, sell/shoot up dope, break into their homes, steal their stuff & see how quickly they change their tune.
They'll be calling for help from the same "evil racist" police they want to defund.
I am absolutely stunned that they are just now figuring out that personal responsibility matters. My God, how do these people get elected???
People just don't vote! They NEED to start doing common sense voting!
Yep, when you enable, you disable.
@@robertlowe5697 The problem is, who do you vote for? One candidate is just as bad as another, just in different ways.
They're elected by people just like them who live in San Fran Sicko. 😲
I don't know, but I certainly vote against every Republicon on the ballot!
But, you have it wrong: Republicons NEVER accept responsibility, personal or otherwise, for their actions. EVER.
“Protecting us is one of the FEW things government is SUPPOSED TO DO!” Well said John and so true.
No free society can last without law and order.
Only devisive tribalism can exist, and that's what the globalist billionaires have been promoting - Feudalism for them, Marxist poverty for you.
No free society can last without the correct law and order. Both Left and Right get this wrong. We need law and order, but we only need law and order for things that are true crimes against humanity. Not for things that we don't like. The Right wants to lock everyone up for drugs, prost., and a ton of other things they despise. The Left wants to lock up everyone for using the wrong pronouns, owning a gun, and a ton of other things. Only the Libertarians know that violence and property rights violations are the only things that people should be locked up for.
@@bryanboone7363 You don't understand how drugs and prostitution damage society and families.
@@lpsoldin3162 99% of the violence from drugs and prost. comes from the War on Drugs. Not the drugs themselves. In nations where drugs are legalized, the problems are a fraction of a percent of what they are in the USA. Throwing people in cages and destroying their lives with life-long criminal records for vices that they do not see as afflictions isn't going to "cure" them. It's only going to make them far worse.
The police cannot even keep drugs out of prisons, and you think they can keep it out of a nation of 330 million people? Give me a break.
@@33Donner77 thats the work of WEF
Admitting that you're a Democrat is the first step to recovery.
No, admitting you are a Democrat, and what you've been doing is destructive is the first step to recovery.
@@kdrapertrucker Essentially the same thing.
@@AGhostInTheMachine although the actions are essentially the same thing, recognizing it isn't. Some people might recognize that they are democrat, but not that they are destroying everything. Others that they are destroying everything, but not that they are democrats (and thus the party is destroying everything).
We need them to realize both.
@@federicocaputo9966 Sure, but in essence the same. Thanks for the analysis.
Indeed.
Feeding the crime by putting criminals back on the streets, and inviting any criminals from other countries to move in is plain stupid. Paying for them to rampage is even stupider.
Politicians And Judges should Be Held Accountable
It's very interesting to see people grow up, learn, and say their elders might've been right.
@@malex2200 sometimes you have to pay the piper.
I've talked to many older people that say they were raging leftists in their 20s, now they're not. Getting a full time job and seeing how much they take from your paycheck, how much property taxes are, how many regulations are put on businesses, it changes your worldview.
He said he still supports what he did.
Usually people figure it out in their 20s, this guy didn't figure it out until his 40s or 50s
@@brett1510 That's true, but at least he did. Brainwashing can take years to overcome. With the catastrophic Biden Regime, many Biden voters are having great buyer's remorse and are now figuring out the truth.
Reading the book now and it's horrifying to learn what progressives have done to America's cities. Enabling is not the same as helping.
Book by who? Why do so many white people still choose to get their information from rich, radical white power activists like this extremist
@@owenmersk4626 ur a bot owen
@@owenmersk4626 Instead of the lame Communist Alinsky tactic of deflecting onto the messenger, why were you unable to cite exactly what he said was inaccurate? Nice act of racism though.
ok boomer
@@owenmersk4626 did you even watch the video? SMFH 🤦
Protection of people's property is a main reason why people decided to form states. If a government abdicates its duty, it becomes superfluous.
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
- H.L. Mencken, A Little Book In C Major
Sooo, they like the horrible policies, but they don't like the reality of them? SMH
"I had all these great ideas, I just didn't want to have to be subjected to the consequences."
Sounds about right.
"consequences"? Most cities would LOVE to have "consequences" like the City by the Bay. To identify the happiest cities in America, according to residents, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the happiness score of all 383 metro areas in the U.S. from digital health company Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index. The index measures whether individuals feel a sense of purpose, have supportive relationships, are financially secure, satisfied with their community, and are in good physical health. Sharecare surveyed more than 450,000 U.S. adults, concentrating on these five areas of individual well-being, as well as analyzed more than 600 elements of social determinants of health from additional data sources. The West and Rocky Mountains regions, specifically California and Colorado, appear to be the states with the most cities where residents feel happy. The happiness of residents in the GREATER SAN FRANCISCO area - the winner for a second year in a row - is bolstered by strong performance in several categories, including housing and transportation, food access, and financial stability, according to Sharecare.
Their idiots
@@bigdickblack1505 Key word "greater" San Francisco. If it's so great in the city itself, then why was this video made?
@@joemiller9931 "If it's so great in the city itself, then why was this video made"? Oscar Wilde once said: "We hate that which we envy."
OK, you don't like the Bay Area so we'll do just San Francisco, Same result. Niche reviewed San Francisco with 166 Excellent; 381 Very Good; 367 Average; 118 Poor & 17 Terrible. The overall Niche grade for San Francisco is A+ based on a rigorous methodology of various aspects of city life such as housing, jobs, cost of living, outdoor activities, weather health & fitness, commute, cost of living, outdoor activities, weather, commute, health & fitness, diversity, schools, good for families, crime & safety & nightlife.
My biggest takeaway from this video was how much of a retard the author is... he continuously illustrated his lack of understanding and the fact that he hasn't truly shaken his youthful ideologies... still carrying a bag of "cope" along with him.
If your "ideas" are laden with consequences... then they weren't "great" to begin with
John Stossel is an American hero 100% American Legend.
I agree with about 99% of what Stossel preaches... An example of something I disagree with in this video, is when he said that, "people should have the right to be outdoors."
What does he mean by that exactly?
In LA, and the surrounding area, they have tent cities up, and down the sidewalks, and they even took over Venice Beach for a while... Should that be allowed to?
@@Tony-Plinkett John says things like that in all his videos, he's just playing devil's advocate to see their response. He tries showing both sides of the argument and sometimes shows how stupid one side really is without having to say it.
@@Tony-Plinkett I agree. I wonder how Stossel would feel if a homeless encampment started up in front of his house or business and daily he had to deal with the trash, drug use, theft, noise, smell of pee and pooh, fires, police... I guess their rights trump our rights in Stossel's world.
@@jr303official Very often he does play devil's advocate, but in this case not. He genuinly believes that people can be homeless if they want, that that is their right. Even if they have enough money to rent a house or get government help.
@@Rambleon444 Stossel believes in the privatisation of litterally everything, meaning also the road where he lives. In his libertarian utopia homeless people wouldn't be aloud on his roads.
By the way Im not saying I agree with him, I am trying to explain his pov
Send in the National Guard and clean San Francisco up and out. I'm sick and tired of listening to everyone whine about it. DO SOMETHING! Stop standing around waiting for someone else to take charge. What is wrong with this country?! We need people with BALLS in charge. This wishy washy crap has to end.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
San Francisco is a tourist spot, and I decided to go elsewhere this year. Something needs to be done to rid this beautiful city of homelessness and criminality.
It's sad. Tourists go there, get their cars broken into, bags and possessions stolen ...
As mayor of San Francisco I'm happy to announce our police will now aggressively watch and still do NOTHING about crime
"Progressivism has become the abdication of personal responsibility." Nailed it.
"It's always been that way!"
Nailed it.
Those San Francisco leaders who claim to be progressive are not really progressive. The definition of progressive is someone who is not happy with the status quo who wants to try new ideas. A true progressive is willing to hear different ideas and compromise. A true progressive doesn't keep pushing failing ideas if something doesn't work they try a different stratagey. A true progressive doesn't suggest things blindly they do alittle research and logically about something before they suggest it. I don't think homelessness is a crime if the homeless person cleans up after themselves and behaves but I realize that most homeless people are not like that and the bad homeless people do need to be punished. I realize we can't spend money on programs to help the homeless if the program is not producing results. I am against alot of homeless programs because they fail to address the root of the problem a lack of affordable housing.
@@Weathernerd27 No true Scotsman fallacy aside I think your definition of progressive is better described as "classical liberal." The leaders of San Francisco would probably describe themselves as "progressive." So I guess it comes down to who you ask what the proper definition of progressive is. Serious question: If you can't blame the greedy developers/construction companies for houses being unaffordable in San Francisco what other factors play a role in unaffordable housing? I'm being serious. I really want to know what you think.
@@theophilus5132 I think there are several parts to solving the problem. Yes developers have gotten greedy and overcharged that is part of it. I also think businesses are partly to blame they should let more of their workers work remotely, with todays modern technology we don't need to have everyone live in a overcrowded city. I also think zoning laws need to change in a city as dense as San Francisco you need to have alot of multifamily housing and there can't be so much red tape that its impossible to build anything. I realize housing has to be rationed in San Francisco because there is not enough of it but I don't think it should be rationed based on price I'd rather you had to get on a waitlist and people were chosen from the list based on random lottery. This would piss off alot of rich people but the angry rich people would pressure the government to solve the housing shortage and the government might actually listen to the rich people. I think there should be a program to help homeless get back on their feet but if the program isn't working we need to try something else and homeless people who make a mess/act crazy should be punished.
@@Weathernerd27 California (as a whole) has spent 17.5 billion (yes billion) over the past four years combating homelessness. What more could they possibly do in terms of "creating a program that helps the homeless?" If 17.5 billion has barely made a dent in homelessness why look to the government to solve the problem?
When mayor Art Agnos got into office he stated that San Francisco should be more sympathetic towards the homeless, and theydescended on mass and never left.
Reagan emptied the psychiatric hospitals . Gov Reagan signed the Lanterman-Petris-Short act in 1967 , all but ending the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will . But the promised ‘community treatment facilities ‘ were never built . The act signed made it virtually impossible to compel treatment prior to extreme decompensation . The results ; in the first year of the LPS act , the number of mentally ill people entering the criminal justice system doubled ! This gave them a sense of stabilization they may not have had prior . Food, a bed, sleep, and for some , treatment . Upon release ,homeless , they would quickly decompensate , and commit another low level crime, be reincarnated and return to the stability of prison life
"Progressivism has become the abdication of personal responsibility" This is the truest, most clear message of this whole video. People are demanding the "right" to do whatever they want, regardless how detrimental it is to society at large. In fact, in some cases they are demanding society change to accommodate their desires.
Sort of like it is legal to kill and unborn baby...and making the whole idea palatable by calling the child a fetus.
Imagine, others learn that they also have the'right' to do what they want in the city... They will clean it up very quickly.
Amen
This is what happens when you don't teach property rights to children.
They are also demanding that Big Government take care of others' lack of personal responsibility with responsible tax payers' money.
There's nothing "noble" about what these characters did to San Francisco, John!
Do you live there? Or is this emotion just from watching so much radical white power movement propaganda like this channel
@@owenmersk4626 I lived there. Got out. Brian is correct.
@@owenmersk4626 If you want to see white power propaganda go to pragerU. This is a libertarian chanel, that thinks alle people are equal by the law, and Stossel made the argument that it was ridiculous how much people, especially black people, are incarcerated in the US. This ain't white power propaganda, it isn't about black or white at all. It is not racist.
I think Stossel is referring to the best of intentions going horribly wrong.
@@owenmersk4626 Does it matter whether or not he lives there? Does it alter the facts? Or is your comment just an emotion from watching all the liberal mainstream media?
Nobody should be forced to have criminals living on. their doorstep, clogging access, creating improper disposal of their sewage, etc.!
I appreciate seeing people saying "we went too far with this." That is something worth mentioning, even if it is difficult to do!
The problem is he still believes in the policies that led to it.
@@samuelhowie4543 which means he will continue to vote for it, and the downward spiral will continue because these mistakes cost people like him almost nothing to repeat.
It's not just that they went too far, many progressive policies are patently absurd if not outright dangerous. For instance, the idea that not prosecuting property crimes would lead to anything other than rampant levels of property crime, is something only the most out of touch with reality people would ever imagine trying. And they did it anyway, as if they really thought it was a good idea. These people live in a fantasy world, which wouldn't be a problem if they didn't have so much unchecked power in society.
@@toobnoobify You know that, and we know that. Do the people voting for the policies know that?
@@alexipestov7002 Clearly not, but I think your question was rhetorical anyhow.
California is doing us a favor, by conducting a modern experiment with their "ballot propositions" about whether direct democracy is a viable legislative mechanism. So far, it seems the Founding Fathers were right all along.
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."--Mark Twain.
That's hilarious!
Mark Twain is the GOAT of quotes along with Voltaire
Some years ago when it was time for us to return to the West Coast from New York, I had the choice of San Francisco or Los Angeles. California's a stinking ghetto cesspool now, but at least we're in LA and not San Fransicko
LOL good one.
If you’re not a liberal when you are young you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative when you are old you have no brain. -Me
Ignoring the reason they're locked up! Committing crimes.
"People categorized as victims don't have to follow the law" 💯🎯
John Stossel might be American Journalism’s most sane & important voice for Citizens during this decade🙏🏼🇺🇸
This video showed the complete opposite of what you just said. The editing of the questions being asked and the answers given was simply disgusting.
Agreed, he is great journalist
A ton of voices have predated Sossel's words. No one cared, probably called them nazis for speaking out.
I do like John. But if that's the best we can get then I'm really worried. Sometimes it's a little too liberal for me. He kind of double speaks. He waffles. You're not really sure exactly where he stands on anything. He asks questions that he doesn't even believe. I've been watching him before he was on 20/20.
I'll give you sane, but not most important. Sane translated as calmly reasonable.
He will probably move to TX and continue to push the progressive ideology, but simply call it something different.
Ban them from red states .
Their plan is to turn USA into a wasteland
Austin, TX is doing that for him...
Nah he's a good guy. I'm a conservative and I would still highly recommend his books
Okay, you know nothing of the epiphiny he had about 3 years ago when he realized the entire leftist agenda is bs....including their climate change scam
Look at this mess. Shameful that this goes on. What they touch and control turns to you know what.
I come to Oakland from the New Orleans metropolitan area. I also hear, "This is as good as it gets. " JTG Jr. 🙏
Well, when you’re socially and economically illiterate, this is the result.
It is because of shitty liberalist thoughts we want to reform a conservative religious society
Head start, then K-12 all free... NO marketable skills learned...
No concept of how the free market system works. ZERO instruction about individual responsibility.
Layers and Layers of training in victimhood and generational entitlements
@@TrueGritMen470 In other words Libs impose their point of view on others.
I'm a 63 year old San Francisco native. Born at Mt. Zion hospital. I took my family and left California 22 years ago because I could see the writing on the wall. At one time San Francisco was one of the most beautiful cities on the planet. My city is gone now.
But look at the flip side. Those artistic piles of human feces. Those lovely yellow puddles.
We too left my husband’s hometown of Portland, OR 13 years ago as we could see that Portland was turning into San Fransisco.😢 The jewel of the Columbia/Willamette River area is now just a memory😭.
What the left touches, they destroy.
I wish I had done that in Seattle. The coup de gras was the Summer of 2020 riots, burning and looting. This once gorgeous city is in ruins.
@@laureencriss8220
I remember Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said; it was the Summer of Love.
"The cops are the real criminals, man," "It's the criminals who are the real victims, man."
In this "autonomous" zone, the new world would come to be.
Also, thanks to progressives left wing, Auntifa and Burn Loot and Murder.
What I often think about is public areas are to be shared by EVERYONE; so what about the others who work hard and pay taxes--when can we enjoy those areas again??
Prop 47 was passed to lower crime numbers only. This is what you get with lackluster laws. At what point does our judicial system crumble? We are seeing more and more bad political/lawmaker decisions punish only law abiding citizens. Likewise we should hold lawmakers and politicians accountable for the mess they create with their social manipulation.
Chesa Boudin is the District Attorney for San Francisco that you saw at the beginning of the video. Chesa has a very interesting pedigree. His parents were members of the Weather Underground, an actual domestic terrorist organization which had the stated goal of overthrowing the US government. In the 70s and 80s, they robbed a Brinks truck, murdered police officers, and set off a lot of bombs, including one in the US Capitol. Remember the tearful pants-wetting over that insurrection? Me neither.
Chesa's parents were arrested for their involvement in the above and given lengthy prison sentences that they're just now coming to the end of. Chesa was raised by two other members of the organization who got off on technicalities. Those two are now college professors and active in Illinois politics. They launched the career of Barack Obama in their living room. As Paul Harvey used to say: Now you know the _rest_ of the story.
Chesa who?
Only learnt about weather underground couple weeks ago from Gavin Mcinnes channel, terrible people.
Chesa Boudin's father is a convicted murderer. Bad genes.
Oh you mean just a prototypical progressive P.O.S.?
Got it.
The name of "Weather Understand" is very deceiving.
"Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"
Anthem? Excellent reference!
@@BackToYa yes indeed
@@Ultima742 Neil died describing himself as a bleeding heart liberal. Which is fine when these things dont touch you on a regular basis I guess.
@@RichardNixonsHippieRemoval but they still rocked in their prime- Rush rules!
@@joemiller9931 That is true. Had a hell of a run...from Fly By Night to Test For Echo...sans Caress Of Steel, although that was the seeds for 2112.
Lots of tough talk, but no results from these politicians.
How come Newsome hasnt taken care of this , how come the governor has not fixed this problem
“Where you dumb then and you changed your mind?” “Yes”. More progressive ideologists need to realize this. Thank you for your honesty and good luck to you.
Props to him for owning it 💯
...and feel comfortable admitting it
I'm sure John Stossel felt that
Gee, who would have thought, that no discipline, and no consequences leads to bad behavior!🤔
That's why we must punish those who committed crimes on Jan. 6. Not issue blanket pardons like Trump wanted.
@@lenblack1462 but not BLM and Antifa ....right?
@@RJ-lj3zt I'm not sure what crimes that BLM has committed and who the individuals are as they are a peaceful group. As far as Antifa goes, the cops in Portland were at the point of just letting the Antifa guys just fight with the Proud Boys because they were saying these guys just want to fight each other, but I say lock them up for disorderly conduct.
@@RJ-lj3zt exactly 💯
@@lenblack1462 correct. Now that we got those down let's move on to the rioters during the summer of love right? Leave no stone left unturned
“While I still support a lot of that work…”. Tells you all you need to know.
Amazingly Sad !!!
“Abdication of personal responsibility”
That sums up exactly what’s wrong with society today.
It really caught traction in the 1960's with the "if it feels good, do it" mantra. The founders of the Frankfurt School must be smiling "up" in glee about what is happening in the US.
@@gertexan Your CIA deliberately released drugs like LSD into the community. The American people need to run that organisation out of town.
@@gertexan It's not just the US it's throughout the world. I live in Australia and it is the same here and it is bad here.
If the “progressive activists” felt the pain of business owners things would change
interestingly many of the 'progressive activists' are of the same complexion as many of the 'business owners.'
If progressive activists gave two shits about business owners they would never have instituted these policies in the first place. Businesses are the enemy. Businesses represent capitalism, and if you're a socialist you want capitalism vanquished for good; wrecking a city's economic base is considered a victory to these idiots.
Taking a dump on the sidewalk is a passive form of assault when you consider the health hazards that result from this.
Why is "criminals belong in jail" so hard?
A man that can admit when his ideas were wrong is a good man. The fact that he's actually trying to reverse his mistakes makes him a great man. We need more great men in this country like that guy.
Short of bombing. People like him destroyed a city. He’s not making the city better. He’s writing a book and making money off it. He’s not even close to be a good man.
@@zeorhymer6 people like him destroyed a city not on purpose but through stupidity. The book might help save who knows how many future cities from destruction. If that makes him a little money I'd say it's money well earned. Most people won't publicly admit their old ideas were garbage and destructive even if you pay them. So I still think he's very unique.
He is not a good man. He is evil and his poor decisions have long lasting impact and hurts other people. I don't think San Francisco will recover anytime soon. Everyone I know, even die-hard fans, are leaving SF.
@@_w_w_ If we can't provide a path of forgiveness and redemption, then how are we any better?
You need to bury the hatchet with people who have seen the error of their ways. How else are we going to swell our ranks to oust the progressive agenda if we gatekeep the very people who are now choosing to oppose their former ideology?
@@GabeSweetMan I think we, as a society, have too little penalty for crimes against mankind. Many progressive liberal policies, have foreseeable danger and consequences well predictable in advance, were pushed by those using very unscrupulously methods. Those people should be punished heavily. People go to jail for victimizing an individual, but here we have someone victimizing an entire community and then some - how is that fair not to penalize them? To learn from these mistakes, we must hold these people accountable - it's too easy to say "ooops" when the scale of damage and impact is so severe.
People need to be held accountable for their decisions, especially if those decisions infringe on the rights of others. Attack crime quickly and efficiently because the victims deserve justice.
Sounds good,. But, you know...libs and all
That's colonizer thinking...don't you know all these criminals are just oppressed and they just need stuff ? Do you want them to get jobs and actually buy it ? /sarcasm.
The victim is the criminal. The criminal is the victim. See, it is the oppressions of the law that is the problem in the left's view. To them, crime is a symptom, not a cause. They are brain damaged. They never developed a sense of personal responsibility or accountability. It is a mental disorder. They won't fix their own car, that is someone else's job. Won't change their own oil. Mow their own lawn. Create a job, shit put out a small fire... it is always... always... someone else who is responsible to do something. It is to the point that property managers are complaining they won't change a light bulb in their own apartment.
They cannot conceptualize that a criminal is doing something out of their own selfish choice, it HAS TO BE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE that is at fault. You cannot argue with them, their brain literally is damaged, that part of their brain never developed, it is a black hole of information when trying to reason with them. They simply cannot process the concept of personal accountability an responsibility. They are trapped 'Puer aeternus' and you cannot correct that.
Now they can shift to increasingly criticizing the police. Btw, “…victims deserve justice.”? I think that’s one of the most neglected responsibilities, lost in the political landscape. Ty
It’s too late. They have already completely neutered the police.
It is going to take the better part of a decade in order to rebuild departments and remove the stigma that police legitimately have developed against using lawful force. That will be necessary so they can get control again. And that process is not going to be pretty. Think New York City in the 90s.
But that’s not going to happen because a lot of the laws that were passed in the last 3-5 years will have to be repealed. And they’re in the 9th circuit, so don’t expect court cases to suddenly start going the police’s way.
the guy says "...have consequences for peoples behavior" Wow....what a concept....why haven't we thought of that before?
Scared of the government I know better. I fear the consequences of stealing 🤖
Props to him for owning up to his mistakes but these so called progressives get what they deserve.
He’s still progressive and will continue to vote against himself. It’s what they do.
They have barely even begun to get what they deserve.
@@10speed4 💯
That's like murdering a bunch of people and then saying I'm sorry and that makes it ok. NOT !
The biggest problem is the SF mayor. She is incompetent being a mayor and should be recalled
Imagine being a liberal responsible for creating that mess and then plagiarizing your book title from Michael Savage.
I thought that title sounded familiar! That's not cool Michael!
Unfortunately these stores are more interested in making profits instead of providing goods and services to those that want them.
You have to set boundaries and if you don't allow for arrest or confrontation, there will be people not respecting the boundaries of others. It also happened in the tough on crime town too. I saw a guy light up in Nashville once in the height of Corrections Corporations of America's hometown. Right on crime is key. Not tough on crime but focused on statistics and the social sciences to really provide a clearcut case to reducing crime overall and increasing productivity and skilled labor.
"Progressivism has become the abdication of responsibility" - exactly. This is what I've been saying for awhile - people care more about their rights than their responsibilities and it's killing us.
This is an American issue. In other countries progressives help modernise the country and solve issues that were plaguing society. American progressivism is not true progressivism
Yeah! Like firearms! People gas on and on about wanting their precious firearms. Clearly a lot of people are not responsible and capable of having firearms in their possession.
@@xannmax you know, the people that shouldn't have guns will find a way to get them. If you want this problem to stop, you should ban firearms and return to use swords and shields. And why not stop using cars and use horses, since it's better for the environment while at it?
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@@xannmaxo there's this thing called *"Smuggling"* where criminals ask their connections from overseas to send them items illegally, From drugs to firearms
@@xannmax we have constitutional carry in Tennessee, just about everyone carry’s a gun … come on over and try that at our stores , see what happens
1. Vote out every Democrat politician and keep voting them out.
2. Eliminate policies and laws that incentivize, enable and/or reward criminal behavior.
3. Openly support law enforcement and listen to what they have to say about reducing crime.
4. Fire DAs who are unwilling to prosecute criminal behavior.
5. Hire homeless people to clean up the streets?
Change is clearly necessary, because late stage progressivism completely sucks.
Democrats love police. How else can they enforce unconstitutional laws like firearm restrictions or ticket people for everything from parking to having aftermarket window tint? More police would just mean more tax collectors ignoring criminals who can't pay fines.
There is more violent crime in red states. Republicans don't support law enforcement as Jan. 6 and their current feelings about the FBI clearly show. Hiring homeless people to clean streets is a good progressive idea.
100% agree
The problem is progressives and liberals have tied their values to their politics. Until you unwind and decouple that, nothing will change.
How will voting out democrats solve these problems?
15/15 worst states for obesity = red states
10/15 worst states for murder rates = red states
14/15 worst states for child poverty = red states
13/15 worst states for adult poverty = red states
14/15 worst states for teen pregnancy rates = red states
13/15 worst states for infant mortality = red states
11/15 worst states for rape rates = red states
14/15 worst states for health insurance coverage = red states
13/15 worst states for food insecurity = red states
12/15 worst states for GDP = red states
14/15 worst states for median household income = red states
11/15 worst states for high school graduation = red states
13/15 worst states for college graduation = red states
Because jails are SOFT. If jail was REAL, nobody would want to go back.
You have to admit, some people do and say anything to get elected, and when their policies get the whole city,state,nation in trouble they want change but are still unwilling to acknowledge their wrongheaded mistakes. They are bound to fail again. Vote them out and VOTE for conservative policy by people who understand these things and run on policy change for the better. Conservatism works!
Wow, even for Stossel, that admission from Shellenberger is quite a scoop! Well done. Now, how do we get the rest of them to see the truth about feel-good-do-bad politics?
We don't. They'll either move somewhere else, or wake up to the smell of their own... you know.
Shellenberger's good on a lot of topics now. He's had a some great discussions with Alex Epstein on climate change.
i think theyre both jews?
The stealing in front of security, that was absolutely maddening. I visualized each thief being shot as recompense.
You've never stolen anything.
Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.
Emma Goldman,
@@sirscrotum Trying to make thievery moral is just lazy. You are taking what someone else worked to make. If death was a risk to stealing, there would be less theft. I never understood why quoting someone saying something stupid was viewed as intellectual.
@@Mobus_ "And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed. The great owners ignored the three cries of history. The land fell into fewer hands, the number of the dispossessed increased, and every effort of the great owners was directed at repression. The money was spent for arms, for gas to protect the great holdings, and spies were sent to catch the murmuring of revolt so that it might be stamped out. The changing economy was ignored, plans for the change ignored; and only means to destroy revolt were considered, while the causes of revolt went on."
- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
@@sirscrotum Oh, okay, you just hate the rich. Until you're the rich. This is what we call narcissism. Selfishness is your problem. What you fail to realize is that many working class are employed by the rich.
It's out of control
I still can't understand how the sub 1k allowed theft thing was ever considered a solution to anything.
Haha definitely. Maybe sub $5 for essential food items only, with proof of malnourishment. 😂
I’ve been in downtown San Francisco for business and I did not feel safe. During my 3 day stay I witnessed several thefts at Walgreens, dodged flying trash, walked around human waste, and inhaled steady wafts of second hand marijuana smoke. I live in Seattle and we have similar issues. There seems to be confusion between empathy vs enablement in these failed cities. Something needs to change.
You inhaled second hand marijuana smoke?!! By God how did you ever recover from such a catastrophic event??
@@Harib_Al-Saq Well weed does turn people into useless lazy shitbags, so i do see his point.
I went to rural Georgia and I did not feel safe. During my 3 day stay i witnessed people stealing government subsidies to farm dirt. Animal excrement EVERYWHERE...dodged sprays of chewing tobacco, inhaled lungfuls of pitch black exhaust from some 17 year olds in a raised pickup rolling coal, oh and heard the popping of deer rifles everywhere. I did not feel safe. Im from south NJ where we have similar problems. Conservatives need to act on these failed rural area problems before they spread into the city
They need to understand empathy is one thing. That doesn’t mean enabling them to do crazy things. They all need to learn that hard time do help mature people.
You might have been in hell and second-hand crack smoke too
In the 1960s there was a major shift away from treating mental illness to promoting mental health. As a result laws were passed making it extremely difficult to involuntarily commit the mentally ill while many asylums were decommissioned. That’s not all the homeless, but it is a large part.
They enacted ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ leftist laws making it almost impossible to have someone committed.
The leftist talking point "Regan got rid of mental health facilities." As per usual, they don't know what they are talking about.
I'd also like to add that they've done everything legally possible to get rid of "Slums" and prosecuting and persecuting "Slumlords". The result of this is no investor wants anything to do with a "Class F" property, which many would call a "slum". Unfortunately, the factor left out of this equation is that "Class F" properties are *much cheaper in rent.* So, yes, the properties are all very nice now, no more "slums" anywhere, *but the Very Poor can not afford anything.* Guess where they go?
@@jaclyn1755 what such people don’t know is that it was federal legislation signed by JFK that started this movement, which also created the National Institute for Mental Health. Governor Reagan was vilified but everyone thought that a new generation of medications would obviate the need for institutionalization. Later, the Lanteman-Petris- Short Act Of 1967 put the brakes on involuntary commitment in California.
@@cognitivedissidents4642 Hell is paved with good intentions.
Thank you
"What you permit, you promote. What you allow, you encourage. What you condone, you own. What you tolerate, you deserve."
Before covid hit we had a 3 week holiday all planned and booked for California to drive around San Francisco and LA. Luckily we got all our money back and given what I've seen in the past 18 months we'll be sticking to Florida going forwards.
I lived just north of SF while in Jr and High school (1958-1963). It was a great city to visit; I would love to take my grandkids to see it but don't dare. I can afford the trip but not the security detail needed!
I'm from the bay and I haven't been to SF in about 5 years. It's horrendous. The shots portrayed in the video is actually how SF looks like.
@@SirChocula seattle too
We went to San Francisco 20 years or so ago. Our cab driver recommended a restaurant in the Tenderloin district. It was getting close to sunset when we left the restaurant. We had to haul ass to get out of there and get to our hotel on Van Ness Ave. The sidewalks were filth and stunk. The bus stop shelters looked and smelled like public bathrooms for the bums. You can take a dump on any public sidewalk in San Francisco except the one in front of Nancy Pelosi's house. Yes, there is a video on UA-cam of a guy doing this.
No status in owning a nice home in SF anymore. Might as well be Mogadishu or Mexico City..
Sounds like you're describing my last visit to Seattle with family from outside the state. NEVER again! The left only know how to destroy civilization!
@@telcobilly hey Mexico City is actually nice
It is now a Homelessness Industrial Complex.
Too many people now have full time jobs "caring for the homeless" now..
So, in *San Fransisco* U can just walk into a store with a bag & start loading up on whatever you want, *then walk out without paying??*
*WOW* now I know where I am moving next!!
This seems like a smart guy... Imagine he had to actually LEARN that we need enforce consequences to bad behavior in a civilized society!! He had to LEARN THAT on his own!!! He wasn't taught that... this is today's world!!! This was COMMON SENSE 30 years ago!!!
Well you know what they say about common sense, if it was common, everyone would have it.
Indeed. These people were too open minded to the point where their brain fell out.
He just think he is smarter than other people because he couldn't see through the consequences of his past approach.
Uh...actually I learned it when I was about 4 when I got my first spanking around 1968 because I had in fact done something WRONG.
This is what happens when you constantly protect the child from every tiny mistake, instead of letting the child learn from mistakes.
"The Road to Hell is paved with 'good' intentions".
We don’t travel to San Francisco anymore due to what it’s become.
I could not watch this video for 2 minutes. I feel physical pain and disgust. Unbelieveable. 😞
These are the results you get from....Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
The $950 limit on theft is insanity. If you MUST do this, it should be only for things like food and medicine. Luxury items like jewelry and high-end electronics should never have been included.
I don't care if someone is starving and cold etc . There are plenty of support services available and stealing is not the answer.
I'm not sure how any type of store could continue to do business there?
But having Louis Vuitton is a life or death need says the BLM!
I thought stealing was stealing. I guess we don't share the same values. SMH.
Too much of anything is bad thing. Like food, water, alcohol...etc. Too much freedom is also in that category.
John has nailed it and it is all true
loved it how SFPD went and confiscated peoples carts who were selling bacon wrapped hot dogs near union square and gave them tickets... meanwhile a few blocks away is a square mile big open air drug market where no one is ever prosecuted. The city hands out parking tickets for any little infraction yet allows entire sidewalks to be blocked by tents. Its one set of rules for one group, an entirely different one for another.
oh you have so many less rights then the poor and the homeless.
It’s all about who will actually pay the fines.
@@josephmcclary9667 exactly lol
If you have money they will take it. If they know you have almost nothing, the paperwork and processing costs more than they could hope to extract from you.. so they won't. It's business.
The people selling the hot dogs, or committing a parking violation will pay the fines. The drug dealers will not pay anything, and cost money if they go to jail.
San Francisco is just taking money from those that can still pay.
They will only learn when the tax slaves all go away.
I remember watching a news story in Portland, Oregon in which a man had his car stolen, tracked it down to a homeless camp, the cops got it back for him, and the same day it was stolen again and back at the same homeless camp being stripped down. Thats where we are.
A tent encampment recently burned down in Seattle... I wonder if that guy's car wound up there and he'd finally had enough
That’s where SOME places are at dear.
@@hew195050 I’d say it’s more than “some”
So basically when crime goes unpunished you get Gotham city.
Not really the fault of corrupt police but more or less zero consequences for crime, i wonder how the whole world would look like if Karma didn't exist.
Those who passed those laws need to go to jail for life.
I never understood what the big problem with mass incarceration is. If people are breaking the law, then generally they SHOULD be incarcerated.
Wrong.
Incarceration is for violent offenders.
@@thelasttaarakiansays the criminal
This. Though mass incarceration looks bad, it's ultimately the result of a culture that promotes victimhood and criminality, and avoids personal responsibility.
@@mjh48059 Couldn't say it better myself. It's also ultimately the result of a culture that devalues fathers and treats them like second-class parents,
What is so great about John Stossel is that he clearly shows both view points instead of pretending that another point of view doesn't exist. That is absolutely the key to understanding and betterment of everyone that really listens to these videos. Keep up the great work!
The great thing about John is that he doesn't cater to bullshit leftist ideology.
We need more pragmatic decision makers and less progressive propaganda
He learned. You may be surprised what you see if you watch his 90s/early 2000s content
Won’t be vacationing there for sure.
You don’t get to make public taxpayers uncomfortable in their public tax paid spaces.
Simply another sign of how weak we have become as a nation. When we fear correcting others bad behavior, we encourage more of the same.
This is what the people of California voted for and it is what the people of California deserve. Let's Go Brandon! 😎
As long as they stay in that shit hole and don't contaminate the Red.
Now don't move to Florida after your ruined your own state with your dopey policies.
The sad part is many people who leave California, continue to vote for people like Newsome & Pelosi
A government not holding these `progressive misanthropes aka repeat offenders´ responsible does not deserve to represent the people. 🤕
Well I've had my morning coffee and a couple Stossel clips to get my day started 😡
Vancouver is similar, going out at night alone is honestly scary.
You’re always looking behind your shoulders for people looking to rob you.
People openly smoking meth and shooting up on the sidewalk people dedicating and urinating openly…screaming and the sounds of violence at all times of the night.
Cars broken into, property vandalized the list goes on.
I had my rental parked in a garage, when I came back the car next to mine had a shattered window from a thief’s attempt to get a bike from the back seat….they failed.
My car had hand prints on every window…I left nothing in the car so they skipped mine.
The left is destroying our cities.
Yep.
As a swede visiting downtown San Diego in oktober I was chocked. In Sweden people would be punished for stealing and if they have drug problems would be offered rehab, sometimes against their will. Center city parts in US should be safe for ordinary people and shops. Safe, simple shelters could be build outside city centers where people should be helped with their problems. It should not be allowed to have tents on public Streets.Many of these people have also psychiatric problems. If progressivism means to tolerate bad behaviour it is cynical and reaktionary.
In Sweden people commit terrorism to facilitate art robberies and get away with it
@Zachary P Unfortunately the problem is growing.
@@zacharyp8617 It is curious that you say this about your country when you yankies accuse other countries of the same thing, you only see a small region and say that the whole country is like that, and if someone says that you are wrong, you get angry and have the audacity to correct that person as if you were absolutely right. How does it feel to go through the same thing?
@@samanthac6027 Did this specific individual do that? If not, then the argument is not valid. How about you correct the individuals who have actually done that, instead of targeting a random person to air your grievances at?
Are you sure Sweden forces people in to rehab against their will?
That doesn’t sound right because that doesn’t sound like a rehab and forcing a person to withdraw from drugs maybe detoxes them but doesn’t deal with the issue of the drug use.
San Fran has been jacked up for over 60 years. This is nothing new.
The $830,000 median home price in San Francisco has nothing to do with the unhoused issue or the crime problems. Nope, totally not a factor when I have a predetermined political agenda to get across.