10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 25 Jul \ parent \ on: A 'smart city' is a city plagued by high taxes and central planning econ
I was similarly surprised. It seemed like the through line was how these different schemes made economic sense superficially, but the implementations had very perverse outcomes.
Big picture, I feel like the point is that central planning still doesn't work, even if it's dressed up like market mechanisms.