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The bar for progressive policies is: "did this unilaterally solve the entire gigantic systemic issue without making a single person sad?" The bar for conservative policies is: "did the people pushing this yell out the name of a real problem before doing something unrelated, cruel and ineffective?"

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

Opposing a policy that would increase city revenue because the city doesn't have enough revenue, chef's kiss.

Dmitry Grozoubinski

@explaintrade.com

Wrote more on this, if additional words are what does it for you: dmitryopines.substack.com/p/policy-par...

dmitryopines.substack.comPolicy Participation TrophiesWe need to get better at calling out an insane double standard in how policies are talked about.

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