Derek Thompson

It's gotten really, really good at spending money and at judging success by how much money you spend. But it's brought us to a world where California brags about authorizing $30 billion to build a high-speed rail system that does not exist. Just two weeks ago, the mayor of Chicago bragged about spending $11 billion building 10,000 affordable housing units.

It's gotten really, really good at spending money and at judging success by how much money you spend. But it's brought us to a world where California brags about authorizing $30 billion to build a high-speed rail system that does not exist. Just two weeks ago, the mayor of Chicago bragged about spending $11 billion building 10,000 affordable housing units.

It's gotten really, really good at spending money and at judging success by how much money you spend. But it's brought us to a world where California brags about authorizing $30 billion to build a high-speed rail system that does not exist. Just two weeks ago, the mayor of Chicago bragged about spending $11 billion building 10,000 affordable housing units.

That's $1.1 million per affordable housing unit. I mean, this is pathetic. Democrats need to be the party that builds things. And especially after 2024, which as you know, as everyone knows, was an affordability election. If you ask people who changed their mind between 2020 and 2024, why did you go from Democrat to Republican? Over and over again, it's groceries. It's especially housing.

That's $1.1 million per affordable housing unit. I mean, this is pathetic. Democrats need to be the party that builds things. And especially after 2024, which as you know, as everyone knows, was an affordability election. If you ask people who changed their mind between 2020 and 2024, why did you go from Democrat to Republican? Over and over again, it's groceries. It's especially housing.

That's $1.1 million per affordable housing unit. I mean, this is pathetic. Democrats need to be the party that builds things. And especially after 2024, which as you know, as everyone knows, was an affordability election. If you ask people who changed their mind between 2020 and 2024, why did you go from Democrat to Republican? Over and over again, it's groceries. It's especially housing.

It's affordability, affordability, affordability. And really, if you take a close and honest look at the cities and the states that are run by Democrats, They often do the worst on affordability. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, DC, where I'm from. I mean, these are some of the places that the working class are leaving and where you have really high rates of homelessness.

It's affordability, affordability, affordability. And really, if you take a close and honest look at the cities and the states that are run by Democrats, They often do the worst on affordability. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, DC, where I'm from. I mean, these are some of the places that the working class are leaving and where you have really high rates of homelessness.

It's affordability, affordability, affordability. And really, if you take a close and honest look at the cities and the states that are run by Democrats, They often do the worst on affordability. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, DC, where I'm from. I mean, these are some of the places that the working class are leaving and where you have really high rates of homelessness.

And one of our ideas is that it goes back to housing. These places have gotten really, really bad at building homes. And if you're going to call yourself the party of the working class and you cannot build houses for the working class, that is a major, major problem. And you probably do deserve to get your butt kicked in every few elections. So we're trying to change that.

And one of our ideas is that it goes back to housing. These places have gotten really, really bad at building homes. And if you're going to call yourself the party of the working class and you cannot build houses for the working class, that is a major, major problem. And you probably do deserve to get your butt kicked in every few elections. So we're trying to change that.

And one of our ideas is that it goes back to housing. These places have gotten really, really bad at building homes. And if you're going to call yourself the party of the working class and you cannot build houses for the working class, that is a major, major problem. And you probably do deserve to get your butt kicked in every few elections. So we're trying to change that.

We're trying to change the soul of the Democratic Party to a certain extent, from a party that associates success with how much you spend to a party that associates success with how much you build.

We're trying to change the soul of the Democratic Party to a certain extent, from a party that associates success with how much you spend to a party that associates success with how much you build.

We're trying to change the soul of the Democratic Party to a certain extent, from a party that associates success with how much you spend to a party that associates success with how much you build.

Yeah, it's such a good question. I really think it's the question. Because if you go back 100 years, You know, I love the story that we tell actually in the conclusion, which is a story about what a historian named Gary Gerstle calls political orders. And this guy Gerstle has a beautiful way of making sense of the last 100 years of American history.

Yeah, it's such a good question. I really think it's the question. Because if you go back 100 years, You know, I love the story that we tell actually in the conclusion, which is a story about what a historian named Gary Gerstle calls political orders. And this guy Gerstle has a beautiful way of making sense of the last 100 years of American history.

Yeah, it's such a good question. I really think it's the question. Because if you go back 100 years, You know, I love the story that we tell actually in the conclusion, which is a story about what a historian named Gary Gerstle calls political orders. And this guy Gerstle has a beautiful way of making sense of the last 100 years of American history.

He says there's really been two dominant political orders. And a political order is his term for a set of ideas that underneath the headlines and the scrum between the parties, both sides kind of agree about. So between the 1930s and 1960s, you had what he called the New Deal Order.

He says there's really been two dominant political orders. And a political order is his term for a set of ideas that underneath the headlines and the scrum between the parties, both sides kind of agree about. So between the 1930s and 1960s, you had what he called the New Deal Order.