Rudy v. Marxists --> is beauty for the wealthy

[Chuck0]

gcf at panix.com wrote:
> 
> >
> > chuck0 -----------------
> > sometimes these issues boil down to beauty in our lives. The rich get to
> > surround themselves with beauty, whereas the poor and the working class
> > have to deal with shit.
> >
> > Of course, the Eugene anarchists once again are relevant here. They have
> > deliberately started a campaign to "uglify" parts of Eugene that are
> > undergoing gentrification, in an attempt to make the Yuppies unwelcome.
> > -------------------
> 
> alex lantsberg:
> > doesn't this mean that the anarchists are in effect saying that poor people have
> > no right to beauty in their neighborhoods and communities?
> 
> No -- they're apprehending the reality of the class war.
> Whether their scorched-earth strategy is the best one is
> certainly debatable, but no strategy and no action will almost
> certainly result in the displacement of the poor from anything
> they beautify.  That's what's going on in New York City's
> Lower East Side right now, and a good many other places around
> here.  The poor may have a theoretical right to beauty (and
> safety) in their neighborhoods and communities, but it's not
> enough of a right to keep them from being kicked out, or, at
> best, relocated to anonymous Welfare tombstones someplace the
> rich don't care to live.

I think the Eugene anarchists, at a knee-jerk gut level, understand the
basic things that scare Yuppies: their property values. I come from the
suburbs of Kansas City and periodically have to rub elbows with the
brainwashed nouveau riche suburban Kansans. You wouldn't believe how
much their worldview revolves around fucking "property values." Heck,
you can't even paint your house purple without the neighborhood
association hanging a scarlet "PV" around your neck.

How do people with little political power fight gentrification? Folks
can band together and organize, yes, but what else?

I don't think these anarchists are saying that poor people have no right
to beauty, rather that a little short term ugliness may help preserve a
working class community from a Yuppie onslaught.

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