The "beige policies that nobody wants" reminds me of the reliance on "fairness" within debate at the moment. Raise taxes on the rich and cut services to the po

The "beige policies that nobody wants" reminds me of the reliance on "fairness" within debate at the moment. Raise taxes on the rich and cut services to the poor because you can persuade people that it is "fair". Everyone gets poorer but its okay because our society is so unequal who would even notice? They get away with policies that know one really wants because they are usually directed at someone else (richer or poorer than me). We have replaced empathy with simplistic politics.