The people in government who dispense B.S. are listened to more than the people who speak facts and truth. Facts and truth require thinking. The people in charge would rather listen to and believe the B.S. because it does not require any thinking - something they hate to do. So, the B.S. artists just repeat nonsense that they learned in school - about climate change, transit, TOD, economic development subsidies, affordable housing, etc., taxation, etc. and believe they have special knowledge because they can regurgitate the nonsense they have been told. Anyone challenging the doctrine of B.S. will be considered a problem that needs to be rooted out of the system or dealt with in some manner that mutes their impact. Usually this is done with even more B.S. because making up sh.t is all they know - and it works magically on those who have been taught not to think.
The people in government who dispense B.S. are listened to more than the people who speak facts and truth. Facts and truth require thinking. The people in charge would rather listen to and believe the B.S. because it does not require any thinking - something they hate to do. So, the B.S. artists just repeat nonsense that they learned in school - about climate change, transit, TOD, economic development subsidies, affordable housing, etc., taxation, etc. and believe they have special knowledge because they can regurgitate the nonsense they have been told. Anyone challenging the doctrine of B.S. will be considered a problem that needs to be rooted out of the system or dealt with in some manner that mutes their impact. Usually this is done with even more B.S. because making up sh.t is all they know - and it works magically on those who have been taught not to think.