It pains me -- but does not surprise me -- to watch the progressive left & and centrist liberals make a binary out of anti-oligarchy vs abundance agendas. A duel where both camps shoot each other in the name of owning the one true affordability agenda. I recommend people check out the interview Derek Thompson (co-author of Abundance with Ezra Klein)conducted with Mamdani on his podcast "Plain English" back in June. Increasing taxes on high-income earners to subsidize bus fares or childcare is affordability; speeding up housing approvals is also affordability.
Also remember impermanence. The pendulum is swinging back. You never step into the same river twice.
It pains me -- but does not surprise me -- to watch the progressive left & and centrist liberals make a binary out of anti-oligarchy vs abundance agendas. A duel where both camps shoot each other in the name of owning the one true affordability agenda. I recommend people check out the interview Derek Thompson (co-author of Abundance with Ezra Klein)conducted with Mamdani on his podcast "Plain English" back in June. Increasing taxes on high-income earners to subsidize bus fares or childcare is affordability; speeding up housing approvals is also affordability.