I was going to share the script of my recent talk with you today, but I slept in and had lots to do at work, so all I've got is some time to comment on the weekend wilding by blacks in Chicago. Dig this.
In downtown Chicago this weekend, SEVERAL innocent people were ROBBED, BEATEN, TERRORIZED, and had their cars DESTROYED by a mob of 300+ teens.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 17, 2023
The Mayor-elect’s response?
He defended the mob’s actions, saying they’ve been “starved of opportunities”
Chicago is doomed. pic.twitter.com/eSI89j2HZJ
They aren't wilding because they are black, they are wilding because they've been taught that they have been oppressed and deserve reparations because they are black. The fault doesn't lie with them, but the system, if you will, that warped their worldview. With a different worldview, they would be like my coworkers, smart, dedicated, competent and a lot of fun to have in the office.
The mayor-elect has excused their behavior.
It is a disgrace that you were even elected, but what can you expect from Chicago. You will be the final nail in the coffin for that city.
— IndyLisa (@IndyLisa09) April 17, 2023
RIP Chicago. You get what you voted for! More of the same! https://t.co/1fTtqRW6yE
You'd have to have rocks in your head to stay in Chicago now. A while back, I blogged about this re: California and it applies to Chicago now.
Does a city need productive people?
Think about what's happening here. As the blue cities become more and more unlivable, productive people, the ones with the most to lose, are leaving. As time goes on, the remaining population will tilt more and more towards the drug addicts, criminals and granola crunchers. Once a person leaves SanFran and moves to Miami, they don't usually come back.
Just for the chemists in the group, I'm looking at you, Tim and Ohioan, the decision to move is analogous to a chemical reaction which requires an activation energy to start.
Peter Productive starts in SanFran. His car windows get smashed which provides him the activation energy to move to Jacksonville. Once there, Pete will require a new spike of activation energy to get him to move back to SanFran.
What happens when our major cities like LA, SanFran, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, etc. become unlivable? That's a serious question. I don't know the answer.
Following your analogy to chemical reactions, the move would release free energy. Moving from over-regulated CA to some where more free would indeed increase the free energy of those moving. As I’ve said I’m above the activation energy. Mrs Ohioan is so strongly bound to the grandkids her activation energy for moving is way higher.
ReplyDeleteDittos here. I can, however, see a point where our kids finally have had enough to get away from the insanity, most likely for the sake of their children, our grandchildren. At that point, could we hope for a move to Dixie? Nah, that's probably too much to ask.
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Yes, this is more or less what happened to Detroit. One note about the activation energy analogy: a big component of that is having the internal energy (money) and the external energy (a job elsewhere) to overcome the binding energy (the ratio of the hassle of moving to the unpleasantness of staying). The people who have the activation energy go, and as they leave the binding energy gets lower but never goes to zero.
ReplyDeleteCities don't recover from this in any reasonable time span.
Great take with the binding energy, Tim. I hadn't thought of that.
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