Our Neighborhoods: A Shared Struggle
Section Summary
This section confronts the painful decline of our once-thriving neighborhoods and exposes how aimless street activism accomplishes nothing while real working-class families pay the price.
From Shackamaxon to Kensington
Neighborhood Decline
Michael Hopf once wrote that hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. For the past few decades, Philadelphians have come in second place and because of it, we’re facing a crisis, and it’s time for us to look at what we’ve become. Like you, many of us remember the Philly we were born and raised in. It was a fun city, a friendly city, a city that was safe, with plenty of stores, and it was one where residents and newcomers alike thrived. For us, it was always sunny in Philadelphia! When I look around today, there’s a different Philly, a salty one, ridden by drugs, homelessness, neglect, and abandonment as I watch Her go down the tubes. I’ve seen tough times too. From having faced eviction to having been displaced, and from having been broken into with armed invasions to being on food stamps—surviving all of that, I’m still just your friendly, neighborhood renter who knows what it means to be down and out.
Aimless Activism
We’re falling apart because people need causes that aren’t real, and instead of fighting for the things they want, they end up marching aimlessly in circles, repeating what they’re told, and standing for the things they hate, but nothing ever changes. This campaign is a working-class, multi-platform, law-and-order, limited-government restoration movement, built for every Philadelphian who wants the city to work again. Besides, marching on the Parkway accomplishes absolutely nothing but creates friction from thousands of sneaks, actively delaying the weekend. Carrying cardboard signs is equally pointless, considering it only makes the pigeons self-conscious about their lack of literacy, leading to coordinated avian counter-protests. A lot of people ask me if there are paid protestors. From someone who has been radicalized, I know this for certain, and the money streams are coming from the NGOs. All it takes is a few to get paid well enough to organize, and the rest fall in line with sponsored agenda.