Americans dont know how to protest. Look at the most recent 'no kings' protest. Time limited, non disruptive, and no concrete demands. Embarrassing.

Real shame no one who noticed, cared, wished it wouldnt happen didn't have the spine to oppose it with the appropriate level of vigor.

Supply and demand are not 100% representative of market realities due to externalities, as you say. But there is a market and that market is responsive on some level (even sublinearly) to supply and demand. This is not a solution to the problem but it is a step in the right direction. Where do you want public housing to be built, next to rail lines or in the middle of nowhere? This legislation makes it possible to build public housing near rail lines by getting rid of zoning laws that previously prohibited it. Take the small wins where you can.

You see a dark cloud in this silver lining. You dont have to. Doomerism doesnt motivate action, it dissuades it.

Hating on gruesome Newsom is fun but zoning laws are a huge problem that impede more than just housing supply - like public transit become higher value if you can zone multifamily units near town centers and business centers.

But also, increasing the supply is a good way to decrease pressure on the market. There is no reason to let the perfect be the enemy of the good....especially if massive national public works projects to increase housing for poor and working class families is off the table for at least the next 3 years and 3 months.

I wish that were true. Im old enough to remember how a lot of these elections have played out in the past. You can never be too sure about the voting public. Sliwa is, of course, a non-starter. BUT, Cuomo has name recognition and the average voter doesnt turn out in the primary - they wait for the main event and the people who wait are also less informed and less plugged into politics. Yes, Mamdani blew Cuomo away in the primary but the voters in primaries are a different clade than those that show up for the general. Im just saying, it is not a gimme. Remember, Hillary Clinnton was basically an 80% lock for the 2016 election and here we are.

He has been going back a bit on his unequivocal support for the palestinian cause - insofar as he has made statements that cede some rhetorical framing to liberal zionism. It is an unforced error.

Kind of a fun loophole that our government gives individuals the ability to completely implode the democratic process for purely partisan reasons and with no reasonable mechanisms of accountability. Send the capitol police in to arrest Mike Johnson for betraying his oath of office and have the minority leader swear her in.

Yeah, I dont disagree, but it still feels like a wasted opportunity even if you are a ruthless capitalist.

He certainly is. I just wonder if the criticism is not especially meaningful in this context. It often feels like we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never does.

Our military is several generations deeps of mercenaries who have only been deployed against poorly equipped civilian populations on behalf of the interests of capital (and they still lost almost every single time). There is no chance any of these people stand up to Trump let alone anything more serious.

He is only dumb if he suffers any consequences. So far, he has managed to fail upwards his entire life and avoid ever experiencing any meaningful repercussions.