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The Power Broker #07: Sec. Pete Buttigieg

2024/7/19
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Roman Mars 和 Elliott Kalan 详细分析了罗伯特·莫西斯在纽约市基础设施建设中的权力运作模式,指出其既展现了非凡的远见卓识,同时也暴露出专制的本性。莫西斯巧妙地利用税收评估和联邦项目资金,完成了大型基础设施项目,但也同时摧毁了社区和自然空间,忽视了弱势群体的需求。他从理想主义者转变为现实主义者,最终为了权力本身而追求权力,不择手段地维护和积累权力。通过创建公共机构,莫西斯将权力永久化,将其转化为一个自我延续的资金和建设机器,这破坏了民主政治的基本运作方式。他利用合同法的漏洞,绕过政府监管,实现了对项目的绝对控制。最终,莫西斯对纽约市基础设施建设拥有了垄断权力,任何现代桥梁或隧道的建设都必须经过他的同意。 Pete Buttigieg 谈到了美国交通系统中存在的历史性种族歧视问题,以及如何利用现有的基础设施法案来解决这些问题。他认为,承认并处理这些历史问题,不仅不会造成损失,反而会带来益处。他强调了社区参与的重要性,确保项目是与社区合作完成的,而不是强加于社区。Buttigieg 还谈到了他作为南本德市市长期间的经验,以及如何将大规模项目与日常工作相结合,以改善人们的生活。他认为,成功的基础设施项目应该既实用又美观,并且能够改善人们的日常生活。 Roman Mars 和 Elliott Kalan 进一步分析了莫西斯与其他政治人物(如拉瓜迪亚市长)之间的权力斗争,以及莫西斯如何利用各种手段来维护和扩大自己的权力。他们还探讨了莫西斯在面对公众反对时所采取的策略,以及这些策略如何最终导致了他的失败。他们指出,莫西斯对权力的渴望最终导致了他对历史遗迹和公共空间的破坏,以及对公众利益的漠视。 Pete Buttigieg 分享了他对《权力经纪人》一书的看法,并将其与他目前的工作联系起来。他认为,莫西斯的经验教训对于理解和改进当前的基础设施建设至关重要。他强调了透明度、公众参与和公平性的重要性,以避免重蹈莫西斯的覆辙。

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This is the seventh official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. 

This week, Roman and Elliott sit down with Pete Buttigieg, the US Secretary of Transportation. One of his major responsibilities as Secretary is overseeing the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which has contributed billions of dollars to infrastructure projects around the country.

Secretary Buttigieg was also responsible for several major infrastructure projects when he was mayor of South Bend, Indiana. And he’s talked about the importance of acknowledging and dismantling the racism built into transportation systems around the country — somewhat paraphrasing The Power Broker — and has gotten a lot of pushback for it.

On today’s show, Elliott Kalan and Roman Mars will cover the second half of Part 5 and the first section of Part 6 (Chapters 27 through Chapter 32), discussing the major story beats and themes.

The Power Broker #07: Sec. Pete Buttigieg)

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