TheGamingLuddite [none/use name]

Harden your heart, oh Jezza

Is the purpose of this exercise just to have something for Russia to sign in case someone pulls off a coup?

Saw a lib zoomer with Palestine, Ukraine and China flags in their display name.

They want zoning reform, but are diametrically opposed to being part of an economically populist program which includes zoning reform.

If a Bernie sanders type politician started talking about zoning reform, they would pivot to something else.

Just like “popularism”, “effective altruism”, “YIMBY” etc, it’s just a cudgel against the left to assuage voters’ fears about oligarchy and redirect populist demands into something that’s more acceptable to capital.

If you point any of this out, they accuse you of being a luddite degrowth fanatic who just doesn’t want to “build stuff”, if you question whether deregulation is the best way to “build stuff” they just stop talking.