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Robert Moses could complete large, popular public works within the span of a single election cycle.

Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026

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“Importantly, Moses could deliver these enormous and popular public works within a timeframe that fit into a single election cycle. If the mayor gave Robert Moses the power to build something, he could expect to be standing at its ribbon cutting before he was up for re-election.”
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