Justin Slaughter

Supporters of rivalrous socialism/socialism in one country are the absolute worst of the bunch: Stalin, Pol Pot, the Kims, arguably Mao.

I mean, I respect them enough to listen to what they say to me. We just have a different view of the substance and politics here.

I mean, the explicit argument is that ring fencing it would shrink it down. I don’t think that’s a gotcha.

I mean, multiple members of the Admin made clear they were trying to shrink it, ringfence it, send it to zero, etc after the positive 2022 EO, including here on this website.

A lot.

You could do something that was effective there but it would need to be couched as being pro the users. That’s not what was done.

I mean, we tried that. That was 21-24.

Look, if you want to make people working in crypto untouchable for the coalition, that’s a choice. It’s not worked so well, but it is a choice.

Again, I’m a Democrat and someone who has strongly disapproved of Trump the entire time. The idea that my support is undesirable seems like an error.

Hope your day improves.

I’d say the industry was divided. But it was largely pro Biden in 2020.

I’d say you’re missing context.

Too much fixation on “fighting corporate power” in a way that didn’t animate voters but did anger business.

There’s a time and place for populism like that; this wasn’t it, not with this coalition facing that threat.

I was a member of Crypto for Harris and urged folks in crypto to vote for and support Dems. You’re barking up the wrong tree on this and a few other claims.

Probably a lot longer than the four years of the Trump Admin.

Also: that’s what they want, to have liberal students opt to not take slots T the elite Ivy schools so conservatives can get those slots and the prestige and resume boosts that come with them.

This is the logic though: if most of the elite schools cave, there are smaller social consequences for those who collaborate/deal than if only a few do.

Trump was and remains an existential threat to liberalism. This is why the number one job of the Biden Admin was to remain popular enough that he couldn’t come back.

The focus on that core mission was lost in favor of a bunch of secondary goals, most of which weakened the Anti Trump coalition.

I legitimately think there’s tremendous signal in this and we need to study why asking folks to do more job-switching amid inflation seems to hurt Dems so much.

It’s a tax on people who are conflict averse and less likely to endure job switching. Based on David Shor’s data on partisan personality baselines, that probably means it hurts Dems make than Republicans.

Sucks, but it is what it is.

“I’m pro-full employment but anti-gambling and reckless speculation” is a reasonable personal feeling but not a workable policy worldview in the US. Americans are going to take risk and the more secure their employment prospects the more risk they’re gonna take.

Because Spirit’s route options are terrible and it’s making for leisure not business?

Yeah, continuing essential air service is reasonable, but that’s a very mild tweak.

I think most of the solution to this and some of the other current problems (housing in cities, small towns dying, etc) is just to try and incentivize remote work a lot more.

I mean, the point of the movie is it’s hard to have a fulfilling life in a Terminal!

This gets at a real issue. We have way too much real estate aimed at commercial retail but no easy way to transition it to housing. People can’t live in Terminal A.

It’s a good question. Probably more reduced training requirements in exchange for forcing airlines to be faster at compensation and reducing jet fuel price volatility (which is main cost input).

Consumers keep paying for cheapest ticket possible is the thing.

The argument is deregulation led to such low prices that most airlines couldn’t stay in business, which led to bankruptcies and mergers, resulting ultimately in higher prices. The only solution ultimately in their telling is to restore the 1975 status quo.

I mean, the desired end state of the antitrust crew isn’t a bunch of airlines but re-regulation including price mandates and route mandates. It’s when they describe the problem as “ruinous competition”

“No no! You’re supposed to be protesting inequality in a local park while hoping to study for your MA, not on Robinhood trying to do a ODTE on whether Kristy Kreeme will cross $3 today! You don’t want this!”

“BRB, aura farming on Twitch for the Wall Street Bets brahs.”

Millennial Dem economic policymakers are really counting on this blowing up soon, both for electoral and party policy reasons.

If heavy day trading becomes part of Zoomer culture persistently, the entire 2010-2024 economic policymakers approach of the party is hyper cooked for decades.

As the party of the upper middle class (who provide and consume more services than goods), tariffs are also a tax that falls through least on their main base voters too.