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Originally Posted by GGG
Excellent voting on zoning is stupid.
Unless the question is I’m in favour of upzoning versus I’m not in favour of upzoning and a corresponds additional tax increase each to support future sprawl.
If you don’t understand the consequences of sprawl you can’t make an informed decision.
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While I agree that most people don’t understand the cost/benefits of densification, I have to challenge notion that the average person can’t be trusted with these sort of decisions.
The public increasingly hears that they aren’t equipped to decide important things - just leave it to the experts. And then we wonder why populism is on the rise. It’s difficult enough to combat conspiracy theorists who warn of elites taking over our sovereignty, without technocrats themselves and their supporters basically admitting that the public are too ignorant to be given influence over policy.