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You ignore the administrative/legal barriers to any new project that greatly increased since that time, due to legislation pushed mostly by left. Today it is su
by zajio1am 1y ago
You ignore the administrative/legal barriers to any new project that greatly increased since that time, due to legislation pushed mostly by left. Today it is substantially harder to build anything, both for public and private sector (although private sector can push through by throwing more money at the problem).
> We don’t need to reinvent anything—we just need the political will to do what we already did once, and quite successfully.
We are in vetocracy, because cheapest way way to placate your political supporters is to give them power to veto what they do not want (instead of accomplish anything positive).
See https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/abundance-democrats-political-power/682929/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/abundance-...
- redserk 1y agoYour initial take is bizarrely politically charged for something that transcends the left-right divide. Many non-“left” barriers have been raised too and ignoring that only contributes to the mess we’re in. For example: zoning and planning. Plenty of folks would like to claim they want more homeless housing, just not near them. I find the divide between what people want nationally versus locally very amusing: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/44611-opinions-national-vs-local-development-poll https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/44611-opinions-na...