I wish I could upvote this comment twice. People are assuming the hypothesis but I don't think it stands up in the first place. Here in SF we just replaced a

I wish I could upvote this comment twice. People are assuming the hypothesis but I don't think it stands up in the first place. Here in SF we just replaced a bridge and are in the middle of diggin a big ol' tunnel but you still find people complaining that "we don't build". We build. We have also already built most of the stuff we need (e.g. SF Bay Area has all the bridges we need already.) And also things are more complex now, and we know more about the consequences of our actions, so we're more cautious (e.g. environmental reviews, etc.) There are some progressives who seem to put ideology above effective action but they don't last (e.g the DA who just got recalled. He did some good work but he couldn't get the daily job done so he's out.)