Commentary: Longtime former Republican on Patrick Deneen and the demise of the conservative intellectual

  • @SCB
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    -11 year ago

    You’re buying in too much to the branding of big-P Progressive. The EPA, and environmental protections, are inherently little-c conservative positions.

    Not everything that is good is Progressive, and not everything Progressives want is good, or even intelligent. Rent control, as one very basic example, doesn’t work, and yet Progressives across America push it.

    • @Tigerfishy
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      11 year ago

      What doesn’t work about it? (I honestly know nothing about it, but I know there are things that sound great on paper and propaganda but in practice it’s bull)

      • @SCB
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        11 year ago

        Rent control disincentives building new apartments, because there is little financial incentive in doing so in an area choked by supply shortages, thus it exacerbates supply shortages over time.

        See here: https://www.nmhc.org/news/articles/the-high-cost-of-rent-control/

        Note that this is not theoretical - we’ve seen rent control attempted to poor effect worldwide