https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-cities-con
"To many urbanites, a short commute and having your grocery shop, favorite bar,
and library branch all within walking distance are markers of a higher quality
of life. But recent attempts to reduce commute times to 15 minutes and make
cities more walkable have led to waves of weird conspiracy theories about an
encroaching police state that must be stopped at all costs.
The “15-minute city,” as this design paradigm has been dubbed, is not a
city-dweller’s dream in this addled conception, but an open-air surveillance
prison nightmare that is being imposed by shadowy forces.
Edmonton, Canada is the latest city getting backlash, including a planned
in-person protest that will have a prominent anti-vaccine conspiracist in
attendance. “You will spend 90% of your life in this 15 minute area as they are
monitoring your ‘carbon footprint,’” the flyer reads. In January, another
protest in the U.K. was held to oppose 15-minute city proposals in Oxford,
where participants connected the plan to COVID-19 lockdowns and vague notions
of government control.
The conspiracy theory has been circulating on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram,
stemming from proposals in the U.K. and Canada. Nearly all the videos inject
made-up details."
Via Rodrigo Mesa.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
