[lbo-talk] Now That the Factories Are Closed, It’s Tee Time in Benton Harbor, Mich.

[Wojtek S]

Michael S: "Future? This has been present reality for a couple of
generations now. The ones I think of are New York-centric --
Robert Moses, the MTA -- but examples certainly abound
elsewhere, or so I hear"

[WS:] The apartheid part, yes, but they are no so blatant in
jettisoning the tokens of democracy. Usually, they carefully erect
storefronts of democracy and religiously go through the motions and
formalities:  impact studies, charrettes etc.  even though it is a
developer friendly done deal from the start.  This is the beauty of
the Etast Unis - business fascism with smiley faces written all over
it.

BTW, transportation system is one of the main mechanisms of informal
apartheid in the Etats Unis.  White people drive, colored people take
the bus.  It is really hard to miss that when using transit, I am
usually  one one of very few - if any - white faces on the bus.

Wojtek