Bravo Johnson
@bravojohnson
Abundance is just trickle-down economics in Patagonia fleece and Allbirds—cozy, sustainable vibes while selling Reaganomics with a Substack subscription, still catering to the top but with a personal essay explaining why the same old supply-side stuff is actually good for everyone. This late I’m the game pitching a deck of faux YIMBY-ism for tax cuts—full of flashy slides and disruption jargon—served up like an oat milk latte: smooth, trendy, and ethical-looking, but still delivering the same old caffeine hit of deregulation.
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Bravo Johnson
@bravojohnson
The problem for the Dems is that there isn’t a single figure in the party who can learn the new moves fast enough to put a face to this. Maybe Pete Buttigieg—but my sense is that the resister crowd has been burned badly and isn’t in the mood for more gig economy with venture capital talking points, spinning inequality into an exciting new “opportunity.” Or Silicon Valley techno-optimism with a BeReal filter, trying to look authentic while keeping the real benefits at the top. Or yet another round of AI-generated prosperity gospel in a Discord server, promising abundance for all but only delivering it to the early adopters.
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Patrick Atwater
@patwater
Where is bull moose ism when you need it
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Metaphorical
@hyp
This kind of shit always seems to come out before a major crash. 1999 and 2007 were awash in this drivel. Abundance is possible when the system is aligned properly to create opportunity and corruption is at a minimum. Bottom up, not top down.
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