"That's not freedom, that's a socialist prison," said one reply to her thread, from an account with the user name @pauldup80977540.
The aggression of the messages has left Francome shaken. "How can I put us at risk from someone for just saying that we'd like to be able to walk to the local pub?" she says.
How '15-minute cities' sparked a conspiracy theory about cities becoming prisons, ...
However, this seemingly banal urban planning philosophy has sparked a conspiracy theory that 15-minute cities will be more like prison camps, scaremongering about the possibility of “climate lockdowns.”
This is what China's 15 minute cities looks like. A place where you have to scan your QR code COVID passport and your face recognition to get in or out. Dystopian hell. pic.twitter.com/0kQmW0qSSq
The 15-minute city is fueling a ludicrous conspiracy theory
Conspiracy theories aren’t a new thing, and for as long as they’ve been around they’ve ranged from the benign to the absurd.
Yet, in a surprise twist, the hottest conspiracy theory of 2023 comes from an unlikely corner: town planning.
As town planning academics who have published research on 15-minute cities, we know this is nonsense. But what actually is the 15-minute city? And what’s the fuss about?
Ex-safety manager get probation for cargo tank conspiracy
A former safety manager for a California trucking company has been sentenced to three years of probation for a conspiracy involving the illegal repair of cargo tanks.
On Feb. 6, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentenced Spicer, a former safety manager for National Distribution Services, to 36 months of probation, a $10,000 fine, 1,000 hours of community service, and a $100 special assessment.
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