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Until Congressional and Executive branch regime change, you should expect city and state efforts to be more effective in the interim. Focus there until regime c
by toomuchtodo 5d ago
Until Congressional and Executive branch regime change, you should expect city and state efforts to be more effective in the interim. Focus there until regime change and federal change is possible, as it currently is not possible. Death of junk fees via "death by a thousand cuts." Companies can keep up with federal lobbying, they cannot keep up with cities and states all at once. See: data centers and ALPRs.
- bitwize 5d ago"Regime change" will have to be deeper than a switch of the usual parties—think what the DSA are proposing, a complete overhaul of the Constitution.
- toomuchtodo 5d agoLina Khan was very effective under the last administration, which is why she works for Mamdani now in NYC. Mamdani taps Lina Khan and Tony Shorris for key New York economic posts - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/lina-khan-nyc-economic-development-board https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/lina-khan-ny... - July 22nd, 2026 > think what the DSA are proposing, a complete overhaul of the Constitution. Strongly agree, onward, elections keep happening, electorate turnover is continuous (and a likely component of why NYC and Seattle have DSA mayors, and Providence, Rhode Island is about to have one). Citations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48788820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48788820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529387 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529387