What ruined our cities was foolish de industrialization. The Democrat scourge was the secondary infection.
> What ruined our cities was foolish de industrialization. <
Yep. A healthy republic requires a strong middle class. True for the Roman Republic. And true for us today.
Deindustrialization destroyed the middle class in the cities. Now you’ve got a few wealthy folks and many, many more on the dole. Such a situation can’t end well.