The latest World Economic Forum (WEF) obsession is the 15-minute city, an imagined utopia where everyone lives in beautiful green space and can walk or take public transit to anywhere in the community within a convenient 15 minutes. .But guess what? We have already established these 15-minute cities around the world. They're called penitentiaries, where all the amenities — the cafeteria, gymnasium and library — are a stone’s throw away from the inmates' cells. Not only do the residents not have to walk very far or resort to C02 producing vehicles, but it enables the prison warden to keep track of his guests. .And you have to know this is all about thwarting the climate change crisis that threatens to end the world within the decade. .As the WEF says: “As climate change and global conflict cause shocks and stresses at faster intervals and increasing severity, the 15-minute city will become even more critical.” Be very uncomfortable when the WEF says anything is "critical.".But of course, the WEF doesn’t want you to think these close communities could resemble anything like a jail. So it writes about the concept in glowing terms, as enthusiastic as it is convinced that 15-minute cities are an idea that is catching on, according to their website: .“Various cities around the world have begun to embrace the 15-minute city approach. For instance, Melbourne is proposing self-contained communities within an 800-meter radius. Portland’s Climate Action Plan calls for more vibrant neighborhoods in which 90% of the residents can walk or bike to fulfill their daily needs. But the most vocal proponent of the concept remains Paris, where the concept originated. Its mayor, Anne Hidalgo, has been championing the 'ville du quart d’heure' since early 2020, and has embedded it into a broader plan to promote active mobility in lieu of cars: car speed has been limited to 30 kilometers per hours on many streets; automobiles have been banned along the Seine one Sunday each month; and plans to include a biking lane on every street by 2024 are also in the works.” How nice! Why not just ban the traffic entirely? It would only encourage more biking..Would the WEF lie to you? Would its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, wish you any ill — even if he wants to put a microchip in your skull in order to track your thoughts?.Can’t you just see the model 15-minute city being established in Zurich, Switzerland — not far from WEF headquarters in Davos — and it including a titanic television screen in the centre of the city square broadcasting the wit and wisdom of Big Brother Klaus Schwab 24 hours a day as he does his best impersonation of the Bond villain Goldfinger. You would be living in a 1984-minute city at that point. .It’s also worth noting the 15-minute city is also part of the United Nations goal for “sustainable development” by 2030. That’s never a healthy endorsement. .Of course, if you think there's something amiss about this city planning, the mainstream media is quick to dismiss you as some kind of conspiracy nut who doesn’t want to share in the blessings of the future. USA Today, one of the least trustworthy sources of journalism that I know, recently explained why all of these people maligning 15-minute cities are just dreaming their usual noxious conspiratorial notions in a “fact check.” .The creator of the 15-minute city, Carlos Morena, told USA Today, “The core of the '15-minute city' is an open city, a human city, an interconnected city. Of course, all citizens are free to go where they want. There are no constraints.” .He added that it was “totally false” to say people would be forced to stay in their new community. .However, I am not reassured. Especially since China forced people to stay not only in the city of Shanghai during a COVID-19 lockdown in 2022, they insisted they not leave their apartments. That’s called the one-minute apartment concept because that’s how long it takes you to get from the bathroom to the front door.People could be seen screaming in video footage because they were locked inside by the Chinese state. Some leapt to their deaths. .Do you think for a minute authoritarian regimes won’t hesitate to lockdown their populations in the name of pandemic “safety” or climate change action? .Of course they will.And you know just how much Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland respect the advice of the WEF.
The latest World Economic Forum (WEF) obsession is the 15-minute city, an imagined utopia where everyone lives in beautiful green space and can walk or take public transit to anywhere in the community within a convenient 15 minutes. .But guess what? We have already established these 15-minute cities around the world. They're called penitentiaries, where all the amenities — the cafeteria, gymnasium and library — are a stone’s throw away from the inmates' cells. Not only do the residents not have to walk very far or resort to C02 producing vehicles, but it enables the prison warden to keep track of his guests. .And you have to know this is all about thwarting the climate change crisis that threatens to end the world within the decade. .As the WEF says: “As climate change and global conflict cause shocks and stresses at faster intervals and increasing severity, the 15-minute city will become even more critical.” Be very uncomfortable when the WEF says anything is "critical.".But of course, the WEF doesn’t want you to think these close communities could resemble anything like a jail. So it writes about the concept in glowing terms, as enthusiastic as it is convinced that 15-minute cities are an idea that is catching on, according to their website: .“Various cities around the world have begun to embrace the 15-minute city approach. For instance, Melbourne is proposing self-contained communities within an 800-meter radius. Portland’s Climate Action Plan calls for more vibrant neighborhoods in which 90% of the residents can walk or bike to fulfill their daily needs. But the most vocal proponent of the concept remains Paris, where the concept originated. Its mayor, Anne Hidalgo, has been championing the 'ville du quart d’heure' since early 2020, and has embedded it into a broader plan to promote active mobility in lieu of cars: car speed has been limited to 30 kilometers per hours on many streets; automobiles have been banned along the Seine one Sunday each month; and plans to include a biking lane on every street by 2024 are also in the works.” How nice! Why not just ban the traffic entirely? It would only encourage more biking..Would the WEF lie to you? Would its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, wish you any ill — even if he wants to put a microchip in your skull in order to track your thoughts?.Can’t you just see the model 15-minute city being established in Zurich, Switzerland — not far from WEF headquarters in Davos — and it including a titanic television screen in the centre of the city square broadcasting the wit and wisdom of Big Brother Klaus Schwab 24 hours a day as he does his best impersonation of the Bond villain Goldfinger. You would be living in a 1984-minute city at that point. .It’s also worth noting the 15-minute city is also part of the United Nations goal for “sustainable development” by 2030. That’s never a healthy endorsement. .Of course, if you think there's something amiss about this city planning, the mainstream media is quick to dismiss you as some kind of conspiracy nut who doesn’t want to share in the blessings of the future. USA Today, one of the least trustworthy sources of journalism that I know, recently explained why all of these people maligning 15-minute cities are just dreaming their usual noxious conspiratorial notions in a “fact check.” .The creator of the 15-minute city, Carlos Morena, told USA Today, “The core of the '15-minute city' is an open city, a human city, an interconnected city. Of course, all citizens are free to go where they want. There are no constraints.” .He added that it was “totally false” to say people would be forced to stay in their new community. .However, I am not reassured. Especially since China forced people to stay not only in the city of Shanghai during a COVID-19 lockdown in 2022, they insisted they not leave their apartments. That’s called the one-minute apartment concept because that’s how long it takes you to get from the bathroom to the front door.People could be seen screaming in video footage because they were locked inside by the Chinese state. Some leapt to their deaths. .Do you think for a minute authoritarian regimes won’t hesitate to lockdown their populations in the name of pandemic “safety” or climate change action? .Of course they will.And you know just how much Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland respect the advice of the WEF.
