Derek Thompson highlights a disconnection in American progressivism, where spending has overshadowed building. He references Ezra Klein's 2021 article that emphasizes the importance of supply-side progressivism, arguing that while liberal policies have succeeded in spending for social benefits, there is a pressing need to focus on creating and building infrastructure. This shift, he argues, is crucial for revitalizing the American dream and addressing the loneliness prevalent in society today, emphasizing that physical growth is necessary for cultural and social success.
The American dream in the last few decades has come apart. You can choose affordability, or you can choose upward mobility, but you can't have them both together.
Liberals have associated success with how much money they can authorize and spend rather than what they can build in the world.
What you can't debate is the sheer objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever, and that in many ways we're choosing this aloneness.
What we need in America is not just a demand-side progressivism, but also a supply-side progressivism, which is fixated on actually building in the physical world.
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