Re:The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong
by CPLX on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:08PM
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> 1. Derek Thompson is flat out lying
It's this one. The person he called made a lengthy follow up post. It's clear Thompson purposely misrepresented the conversation.
It's helpful to understand why the "abundance" movement exists. Its only purpose is to stop the Democratic Party from addressing concentrated economic power. It's funded by the concentrated economic power.
This isn't an academic debate, it's an attempt to maintain power by a discredited group of people who recently presided over the collapse of the Democratic Party and are desperately casting around for a narrative where that's not what happened.
It's this one. The person he called made a lengthy follow up post. It's clear Thompson purposely misrepresented the conversation.
It's helpful to understand why the "abundance" movement exists. Its only purpose is to stop the Democratic Party from addressing concentrated economic power. It's funded by the concentrated economic power.
This isn't an academic debate, it's an attempt to maintain power by a discredited group of people who recently presided over the collapse of the Democratic Party and are desperately casting around for a narrative where that's not what happened.