kswnin

Gross!

This article is definitely written for someone who is already aware of what Strong Towns is going for.

But I think that you may be missing the point of the article, which is simply criticizing the heading of the first graph: "Net Civilian Public Investment, percent of GDP". The article is merely claiming that that metric isn't valid, while assuming that you, as a reader of Strong Towns, already believe that too much is being spent on the creation of new infrastructure.

Justifying that point is basically the entire purpose of the rest of the website.

1) The age of the article isn't particularly relevant, because it's talking about decades long trends.

2) No, he's responding to / explaining Jacobin's use of "Accounting Magic".

3) Are you saying that it isn't appropriate to attempt to account for the degradation of our infrastructure due to time? I don't really think you're expressing an actual thought here.

4) In what sense? It seems pretty straightforward to me.

5) Sure, but let's not stop at accountants.

All in all, your criticism isn't actually saying anything. I still have no idea what exactly you find objectionable. You're only expressing derision for its own sake, I still have no idea what your stance is or even in what direction you disagree with Strong Town's conclusion.

With what you've said, you could just as easily be a Communist or an Anarcho-Capitalist, because you haven't actually expressed anything, aside from a vague and unjustified distaste for Accounting.