The meteoric Democratic Socialist candidate and I talk about where we disagree about policy, where we agree about politics, and how to change our mind when we're wrong.
I'm still skeptical about Mamdani, but I think his willingness to genuinely engage with the Abundance movement places him far above Cuomo on the ballot ranking. Hopefully he makes good on what he's mentioned here and helps close the gap between Abundance Liberals and the wider progressive movement. Derek, thanks for taking the plunge and helping flesh out the movement further- I feel lucky to be a paid subscriber this early on.
I didn’t listen to the podcast but I think Zohran is a very compelling speaker; however, the substance and punts and pivots on questions about unions makes me uncertain on Zohran’s sincerity on outcomes over processes.
Agreed this was a very good conversation, he's definitely saying the right things about prioritizing outcomes.
The problem is that a lot of the stuff he's pushing will make outcomes worse not better.
Freezing the rent doesn't help supply, it hurts it.
Unions push costs up not down.
In regards to grocery stores, why aren't there grocery stores in some areas? I guarantee it's not because companies don't want to sell groceries and make money to those people in that area.
I bet it's some combination of crime, along with high taxes/regulation that make it unprofitable to sell in those areas.
You address those and you don't need to spend the $60 million, or the $140 million. Let large chains like Walmart come in, and sell dirt cheap groceries in safe neighborhoods, they will be happy to do so and do it WAY more efficiently than the government will.
I'm still skeptical about Mamdani, but I think his willingness to genuinely engage with the Abundance movement places him far above Cuomo on the ballot ranking. Hopefully he makes good on what he's mentioned here and helps close the gap between Abundance Liberals and the wider progressive movement. Derek, thanks for taking the plunge and helping flesh out the movement further- I feel lucky to be a paid subscriber this early on.
I didn’t listen to the podcast but I think Zohran is a very compelling speaker; however, the substance and punts and pivots on questions about unions makes me uncertain on Zohran’s sincerity on outcomes over processes.
Agreed this was a very good conversation, he's definitely saying the right things about prioritizing outcomes.
The problem is that a lot of the stuff he's pushing will make outcomes worse not better.
Freezing the rent doesn't help supply, it hurts it.
Unions push costs up not down.
In regards to grocery stores, why aren't there grocery stores in some areas? I guarantee it's not because companies don't want to sell groceries and make money to those people in that area.
I bet it's some combination of crime, along with high taxes/regulation that make it unprofitable to sell in those areas.
You address those and you don't need to spend the $60 million, or the $140 million. Let large chains like Walmart come in, and sell dirt cheap groceries in safe neighborhoods, they will be happy to do so and do it WAY more efficiently than the government will.