1314: Water and democracy in Detroit / Curt Guyette
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🗓️ 31 March 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I am resplending in divergence. |
| 0:06.2 | I am resplendent in divergence. |
| 0:10.2 | The water is with the Oh, you're welcome to deal. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, you're welcome our power. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh, you're welcome to deal. This is hell. |
| 0:37.0 | live from late capitalism where we know the problem. Hell. is hell water may be shut off today to tens of thousands of homes in Detroit and hundreds |
| 0:55.8 | of thousands across Michigan if the state lifts the moratorium on water shutoffs due to overdue |
| 1:01.0 | bills. In the midst of a pandemic, the city and state's least privilege |
| 1:05.9 | are no longer going to have the water they need to wash their hands and keep themselves |
| 1:10.1 | safe from the virus. Often this means low-wage essential workers |
| 1:13.7 | becoming more vulnerable to the virus, which means more contact with everyone and the much better chance that they will no longer be able to provide |
| 1:21.6 | their essential work. The United Nations has said it is a |
| 1:24.5 | human rights violation to shut off water in Detroit. That was seven years ago and |
| 1:28.4 | they're still doing it. Detroit City Council came up with a plan to make water affordable to everyone. |
| 1:34.7 | That was 16 years ago. |
| 1:36.6 | And it might finally be considered. |
| 1:38.2 | So what happens to a government that no longer provides citizens? |
| 1:41.9 | What they literally need to survive water what |
| 1:45.2 | impact is shutting people off from their life-giving and saving water how does |
| 1:49.9 | that affect democracy and And if there and is there anything that can be done |
| 1:57.4 | considering the high cost of infrastructure especially in an old and still |
| 2:02.0 | aging massive city like Detroit that has a |
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