It should be easy to give a left-wing critique of "the Abundance agenda."
It should be easy for left-wing journalist, show hosts or commentarors to say:
"Hey Ezra, hey Derek, I see shat you're getting at here, but this environmental regulation or social protection you think we should... See more
reddit.comThe far-left opposition to "Abundance" is maddening.
Take that mentality and raise it to the power of Facebook, Instagram, and cable news – where people are more keenly aware of how other people live than ever before. It’s gasoline on a flame. Benedict Evans says, “The more the Internet exposes people to new points of view, the angrier people get that different views exist.” That’s a big shift from... See more
Nick Wignall • Outline.com
Disagreement arises when we begin to discuss the balance, reach and depth of the policies, and who pays for them: who wins and who loses. Often, those on the left worry that the UBI could be used to do away with the other parts of the social safety net.35 Those on the right worry that, if funded through progressive taxation (as they would have to
... See morePaul Behrens • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science
It is perhaps on the political Right that such ideas are most forcefully expressed today. Lasch emphasised that his new typology superseded the political binary, but fantasies of simple agrarian living, unprocessed food, and escape from modern technology now strike many as “conservative”. But whether its politics are coded as “Left” or “Right”,... See more