I've talked about it in other threads, and started a related thread that got a little traction, so I'm going to start one thread to talk about it. Maybe it will just be me posting things I find interesting LOL. Mega thread is tongue in cheek.
This is the most truly interesting (though far from the most sensational) thing going on in politics right now, the movement of a wing of the Democratic party to wrestle control and rebuild the party around a new paradigm. As a lifelong conservative with huge misgivings about where the Republican party is now, this is the most interested I've ever been in anything coming out of the Democratic party, probably in my lifetime.
There's different ways to define it or describe it, but Abundance Agenda seems to be the most common name that is sticking. Sometimes it's called Yimbyism. Essentially, it is a push for Democrats to become the party that gets things done, primarily through smart deregulation, but also through more competence, smart incentives, and changes in philosophy. It most frequently pivots around building more housing, and to a lesser extent infrastructure, but it really encompasses anything that symbolizes government being muscular, efficient, responsive and effective. Safe functional cities, affordability of all kinds of goods and services, and strong economic growth are all part of the agenda.
It is an alternative to, and in opposition to, the traditional Republican small government rhetoric in general, and DOGE in particular. I've been following this wing of the Democrats for a couple years, but it's really being supercharged now by Democrats looking for an agenda beyond/besides wokism/identity politics, combined with the damage the Trump administration is doing to government.
Anyway, this is pretty long, but it's a great introduction to this premise, by one of its leading proponents on the left.
This is the most truly interesting (though far from the most sensational) thing going on in politics right now, the movement of a wing of the Democratic party to wrestle control and rebuild the party around a new paradigm. As a lifelong conservative with huge misgivings about where the Republican party is now, this is the most interested I've ever been in anything coming out of the Democratic party, probably in my lifetime.
There's different ways to define it or describe it, but Abundance Agenda seems to be the most common name that is sticking. Sometimes it's called Yimbyism. Essentially, it is a push for Democrats to become the party that gets things done, primarily through smart deregulation, but also through more competence, smart incentives, and changes in philosophy. It most frequently pivots around building more housing, and to a lesser extent infrastructure, but it really encompasses anything that symbolizes government being muscular, efficient, responsive and effective. Safe functional cities, affordability of all kinds of goods and services, and strong economic growth are all part of the agenda.
It is an alternative to, and in opposition to, the traditional Republican small government rhetoric in general, and DOGE in particular. I've been following this wing of the Democrats for a couple years, but it's really being supercharged now by Democrats looking for an agenda beyond/besides wokism/identity politics, combined with the damage the Trump administration is doing to government.
Anyway, this is pretty long, but it's a great introduction to this premise, by one of its leading proponents on the left.
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