I find the abundance conversation-- the books, papers and conferences-- all a little facile. This is just a word, in this context, for "I'm optimistic about the future, please join me in this position."
Any policy (that shows responsibility toward human life) only changes things at the margins.
As a longtime lefty, very big supporter of Obama, and spender of most of my time wondering what the point is of saying, doing, reading anything about politics, policy and good governance in the present epic meltdown, I will happily vote for the candidate of abundance if that helps get the votes for sanity.
But the small piece responsible for the tragedy of 2024 is the manosphere, and that's cultural, and the rest of the responsible side of the historic disaster is inflation.
Abundance has nothing to do with any of that. It's quite possible 'abundance' is just going to be used as a trojan horse for...more of everything bad as well as good.
I'm looking forward to the post-Trump conversation on immigration. AFAIK, the Mormon Church has not changed its priors on this.
Also why can't the Revolving Door Project do a proper Adbusters-era conspiracy map? One based on an animal like a multi-headed snake or an octopus? The Nation knew what it was doing - that little network diagram is really lame and could have come from a strip mall outfit that sells used printers.
As a Liberal, I am so in agreement with everything you said.
Especially, those results are more likely to be durable even when partisan control of the government changes. So as someone who is passionate about abundance, I’m pleased to see conservatives and liberals come together to fight for it.
And: But American politics is not dominated by liberals. A choice not to “platform” conservatives won’t keep conservatives out of the rooms where policy is made — in fact, these days, it will just tend to keep liberals out of the room. Republicans are a fact on the ground, and an effective liberal movement for abundance will require working with them.
Next Thursday, No Labels is hosting an in-person public bicameral bipartisan meeting with legislators who are currently working together on permitting reform. The meeting will also be on Zoom. Here is the link for more information: https://nolabels.org/
Thank you again, Josh, for this article. My fellow Democrats so need to know and understand this perspective so we can stop shooting ourselves in the foot!
What?! Is it Friday evening everywhere?
I find the abundance conversation-- the books, papers and conferences-- all a little facile. This is just a word, in this context, for "I'm optimistic about the future, please join me in this position."
Any policy (that shows responsibility toward human life) only changes things at the margins.
As a longtime lefty, very big supporter of Obama, and spender of most of my time wondering what the point is of saying, doing, reading anything about politics, policy and good governance in the present epic meltdown, I will happily vote for the candidate of abundance if that helps get the votes for sanity.
But the small piece responsible for the tragedy of 2024 is the manosphere, and that's cultural, and the rest of the responsible side of the historic disaster is inflation.
Abundance has nothing to do with any of that. It's quite possible 'abundance' is just going to be used as a trojan horse for...more of everything bad as well as good.
This is just a lack of vibrant ideas.
I'm looking forward to the post-Trump conversation on immigration. AFAIK, the Mormon Church has not changed its priors on this.
Also why can't the Revolving Door Project do a proper Adbusters-era conspiracy map? One based on an animal like a multi-headed snake or an octopus? The Nation knew what it was doing - that little network diagram is really lame and could have come from a strip mall outfit that sells used printers.
As a Liberal, I am so in agreement with everything you said.
Especially, those results are more likely to be durable even when partisan control of the government changes. So as someone who is passionate about abundance, I’m pleased to see conservatives and liberals come together to fight for it.
And: But American politics is not dominated by liberals. A choice not to “platform” conservatives won’t keep conservatives out of the rooms where policy is made — in fact, these days, it will just tend to keep liberals out of the room. Republicans are a fact on the ground, and an effective liberal movement for abundance will require working with them.
Next Thursday, No Labels is hosting an in-person public bicameral bipartisan meeting with legislators who are currently working together on permitting reform. The meeting will also be on Zoom. Here is the link for more information: https://nolabels.org/
Thank you again, Josh, for this article. My fellow Democrats so need to know and understand this perspective so we can stop shooting ourselves in the foot!