249/250. We Built This City on Authenticity (ft. David A. Banks)
This Machine Kills
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The Intractable Fights Over City Flags
A good city flag or any, which we could really say is like any sort of like symbol of the city, right? Is supposed to attract attention and investment in the same way that a company rebrands a soda. And it's mostly because there's like these intractable, completely irresolvable fights over what the city is and who should be allowed to brand it. The leaders of the cities are very, very explicit that if they are for a new flag, they're talking about like this is a brand that we can use to sell the city to potential new employers,.
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