4.Eco-dictatorship will push humanity towards a feudal social system. Fake or not?
“Oxford wants to be the first city in Europe to massively restrict people’s freedom of movement. You are only allowed to move where you can walk within 15 minutes. For anything else we will need authorization from the city government. Everything is monitored with roadblocks and cameras.” This information was spread all over Twitter, YouTube and other news outlets, calling this idea dystopian, utterly undemocratic and comparing it to Chinese dictatorship model
Some claim a city in the United Kingdom is working to impose new “climate lockdowns” on residents. “Oxfordshire Council to Trial a Climate Lockdown Starting 2024,” reads the headline of a Dec. 4 story published by the website Watts Up With That.
“Oxfordshire County Council yesterday approved plans to lock residents into one of six zones to ‘save the planet’ from global warming. The latest stage in the ’15 minute city’ agenda is to place electronic gates on key roads in and out of the city, confining residents to their own neighborhoods,” reads part of the article. Telegraph clams that “Oxford has gone back to feudalism”
HOW CAN WE VERIFY THIS?
In reality, the local authorities in Oxford will implement, starting January 1, 2024, the “15-minute City” concept, already present in large cities such as Paris, Barcelona, Buenos Aires or Melbourne. This residential urban concept provides that most daily needs (food and medicine supplies, visits to the family doctor, going to school, etc.) can be met either by walking or by driving a bicycle, in very short times. The concept was strongly popularized in the 2020 election campaign of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and argues that everyone living in a city should have access to essential urban services within 15 minutes of their home.
One of the main objectives of the implementation of this concept is to reduce traffic and, implicitly, reduce the pollution caused by vehicles. In no case does it target the free movement of people, who are encouraged to use public transport, cycle or walk. The benefits of this lifestyle range from more free time to physical and mental health, cleaner air, quality green space and stronger community ties. For example, an area adapted to this concept becomes a much more favorable environment for the development of small local businesses that the sovereigntists urge us to support.
Referring to the specific case of Oxford, the installation of road barriers between six areas of the city is intended to minimize the access and transit of cars through the city center, not people. To cross the city by personal car, those who want to will have to pay a rather high fee or choose a circuitous route, consuming time and fuel, exiting the city ring road and then re-entering the destination area. People will still be able to move freely, the only constraint being to do so sustainably, without further polluting the area in which they live.
WHAT ARE OTHER SOURCES SAYING?
Sources , such as
confirm that this climate lockdown and eco-dictatorship claims are indeed falsely boosted and fake.
FAKE OR NOT?
The truth is that several cities around the world are looking for solutions to implement the “15-minute city” concept in order to reduce pollution and more effectively combat the climate change caused by global warming. The claim that this is eco-dictatorship is fake!
