jmooreotto.bsky.social
Infrastructure, industrial policy, urbanism, climate. Faster, fairer growth. Anti-cynicism. Currently PhDing in political science.
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correct
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We need more firms to enter this world—reducing risk and cronyism is the best way, and zoning and building code reform do this
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www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/s...
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That’s right
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Willingness to fight for what you believe in is really orthogonal to one’s preferred policy. You don’t need to become more extreme to stop being pushovers.
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Nuclear men
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one more way in which I'm becoming a left small c conservative is that I'm increasingly convinced that a healthy polity does in fact require certain professional fields to feel a, yes, kind of elitist/grandiose, sense of purpose in their work. believe in the fucking mission of your vocation shithead
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Hell. If I were a state dem I would straight out be looking to bribe GOP congress critters with more district money if they switch parties.
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Partisan redistricting, state OSHA inspections, arrest warrants under state law, cancellation of state contracts. Any tool you have, use. This isn't the old political world. Construct more housing and depopulate as many red states as you can.
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Dems in DC can't do that much, but Dems in the states they control should be going scorched earth on GOP-friendly groups or firms that capitulate until deterrence is restored.
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That's before using interstate compacts to establish parallel institutions that allow the retaining of state capacity to rebuild the federal bureaucracy.
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WPA, but we are building 20 new Ford class carriers, naming each after a Union victory and putting pictures of President Spanberger all over the job site.