We have created an epistemic environment in which suffering most, being treated most unfairly, being most aggrieved, is the most reliable way to harvest attention & care, & so everybody's being steadily seduced into thinking that *they* are suffering too (don't they deserve a slice?). The problem...

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... is that we have pretty good psychological & sociological & political evidence that when people enter this zero-sum, scarcity mindset, they become more conservative. Literally. They become less generous, draw clearer lines & higher walls between in-groups & out-groups, grown less trustful ...

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Yup. Gonna come back and bite us.

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And as Dave says, left politics is inherently altruistic, which is difficult in a scarcity economy. To overcome this, we need to begin within our own side, leading by example with how often we help each other. No more cliques, feuds about terminology, and no withholding votes in general elections.

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But I need a 1,200 sq apartment in Midtown Manhattan or 1,500 in Gold Coast (Chicago) and I should not have to pay more than $2,000 a month.

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