Putin's Aggression & the War in Ukraine
Head in the Office
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🗓️ 2 March 2022
⏱️ 102 minutes
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We've got a loaded episode today. The #1 geopolitics podcast is back at it again giving an update on the war in Ukraine, dissecting some abysmal takes from across the aisle, and stomping on Rick Scott's 11 point plan to save America. If you want to support the show, become a Patron and check out our social media!
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| 0:00.0 | So we've been saying on the show for a very long time that local politics is important. |
| 0:04.9 | It is. |
| 0:05.2 | You know, we talk a lot about national politics, but state and local politics, very important to your life. |
| 0:10.3 | It goes under the radar and has way more of an actual material effect on you. |
| 0:14.4 | So I want the listeners. |
| 0:15.6 | And I want you to think, stop for a second, think what comes to mind when you think of a city council? |
| 0:21.7 | What kinds of decisions? What kinds city council? What kinds of decisions? |
| 0:23.4 | What kinds of participation? |
| 0:26.0 | What kinds of engagement with the community come to mind? |
| 0:31.3 | Those fucking videos of people going and just trolling people at city council meetings. |
| 0:31.9 | Not going to lie. For the purpose of this story, I want you to think a unilateral withdrawal of public resources. |
| 0:37.5 | So I went to a local city council meeting a week ago, right? |
| 0:41.3 | You did? |
| 0:41.8 | Yeah, I did. |
| 0:42.7 | I did. |
| 0:43.3 | They were deliberating, taking away the public transportation system in the city, |
| 0:47.9 | which voters had consistently voted through a millage, which happens during elections, |
| 0:52.3 | to keep around like 75% to 25% for the last like like, decade. Okay. They voted every single time, every four years, to keep the millage alive. In 2022, it was going to be the next election for where they would vote on the millage again to see if it would be approved and it was going to be because people like public transit. It's good for people. Helps the community. Let's people get to work. lets people travel to like Detroit, Pontiac, etc. Uh-huh. You get the idea. |
| 1:45.1 | So tell me why. 25 people are at the city council meeting. The city council room, the city hall is full. 25 people are speaking. Every single person that spoke for public transit. They wanted to keep it around. They said, I don't mind using my tax dollars for this. It helps me get around. I'm an old person. I need the buses. Yeah. I need to be able to travel. Everyone likes this service. Even if I don't use it personally, it's important, right? And, you know, the city I was in, Auburn Hills, has a university. |
| 1:46.3 | And it's important. |
| 1:48.7 | It has actually several universities, several community colleges. |
| 1:49.9 | It's important for students to get around. |
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