One of the critiques of the YIMBY movement and Abundance politics more generally that you’ll sometimes hear from our opponents is that, because we are not anti-business, we don’t have a villain, and a good political story needs a villain.
Not YIMBY related, but some villains we could focus on for elections are the handful of billionaires who got rich by addicting us to our phones.
Democrats should add "no social media, gambling or other addictive apps to people under 18." As part of that, mandate the device makers verify the age of users.
If someone needs an emergency phone, burner flip phones are perfectly fine. But if you want to bet on sports or browse TikTok, expect to prove you're 18.
The Degrowthers have an advocacy group at the University of Vermont. I wrote a response to one of their opeds here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-157575012
Saw your girl on Tim Miller today and she’s a keeper!
Not YIMBY related, but some villains we could focus on for elections are the handful of billionaires who got rich by addicting us to our phones.
Democrats should add "no social media, gambling or other addictive apps to people under 18." As part of that, mandate the device makers verify the age of users.
If someone needs an emergency phone, burner flip phones are perfectly fine. But if you want to bet on sports or browse TikTok, expect to prove you're 18.
Funny but true! I wrote about the Green Tape Goblins (though I didn't name them that). There's a big battle over a solar project in "progressive" Santa Fe: https://stephnakhleh.substack.com/p/when-bill-mckibben-calls-out-your