This is probably right in the short term, but seems disastrous in the long term. Which is unsettling, because the long term is just a sequence of short terms.
Julian Sanchez
I'm basically where this poster is, or where Barro is: a politician's job in 2026 is to win elections against fascists, not change the electorate's mind. If slopulism with little real-world impact wins your elections, do it. bsky.app/profile/lawn... www.joshbarro.com/p/i-said-dem...
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Kamala Harris's endorsements of some dumb populist economic policies (and also some smart ones) are good signs she is focused on winning. But she has more pandering to do on energy policy.
What if you run a political campaign promising to hunt down glonzo to lower people’s power bill, and once in power you enact a massive solar power investment and people’s power bills go down, but you don’t talk up the solar power, you talk about killing glonzo?
