Slowboring

On Wednesday, Matt's piece, "Two Kinds of Moderate Democrats," opened up a few lines of substantive conversation in the comments about how moderate Democrats can market or rebrand themselves ahead of elections - specifically the 2028 presidential primary.

Two things voters hate, together at last!

Some arbitrary constraints are good.

The YIMBYs were right.

It's (still) the housing constraints.

The collapse of romantic infrastructure is an engineering failure, not a Gen Z character flaw.

Off-grid systems use cheap old-fashioned batteries that aren't recycled properly.

You can't fight what you can't measure or define.

Benefits for the elderly have gotten more generous and there are more old people than ever.

Good intentions matter, but good systems turn generosity into abundance.