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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.

The Infinitely Prolonged

@wowbaggert.bsky.social

2 Sept

They don't even have to yell out a real problem, they make up completely bullshit problems all the time.

Dmitry Grozoubinski

@explaintrade.com

Yeah, a lot of the time it falls firmly into the category of, "could you theoretically imagine a level of <thing> whereby it could be a problem if there were no safeguards, even though there isn't now, the safeguards are in place, and there's no sign of a trend in that direction."

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