Derek Thompson

By the end of 2024, you know how many people were hooked up to rural broadband? A couple dozen. We passed $7.5 billion for electric vehicle chargers to build a nationwide EV charger network. We built a couple dozen by the end of his presidency. You cannot win elections if you are passing billions of dollars that people cannot feel within two or three or four years.

And that does not have to happen. In the time that California has not built 500 miles of roads, China baut 23.000 Meilen von High-Speed-Rail. Wir können das machen, um sicherzustellen, dass Geld durch die Regierung schneller fließt, ist, wie man sicherstellt, dass die Leute wissen, dass die Regierung in ihren Leben eigentlich wichtig ist. Wenn es zu langsam geht, wissen sie es nicht.

And that does not have to happen. In the time that California has not built 500 miles of roads, China baut 23.000 Meilen von High-Speed-Rail. Wir können das machen, um sicherzustellen, dass Geld durch die Regierung schneller fließt, ist, wie man sicherstellt, dass die Leute wissen, dass die Regierung in ihren Leben eigentlich wichtig ist. Wenn es zu langsam geht, wissen sie es nicht.

Und dann kommt jemand raus und sagt, oh, wähl für mich. Ich bin der starke Mann. Ich kann es alleine lösen. Ich werde es funktionieren. Und dann hast du den Risiko, dass sie ihm glauben werden.

Und dann kommt jemand raus und sagt, oh, wähl für mich. Ich bin der starke Mann. Ich kann es alleine lösen. Ich werde es funktionieren. Und dann hast du den Risiko, dass sie ihm glauben werden.

It's interesting. Ezra and I had a conversation maybe, I don't know, I guess a full year ago now where the book was being extended, right? Ezra and I were just, we were busy. I was doing my podcast. He was doing his podcast. We couldn't quite finish the book in time. The book was supposed to come out just before the Democratic National Convention happened. of last year.

It's interesting. Ezra and I had a conversation maybe, I don't know, I guess a full year ago now where the book was being extended, right? Ezra and I were just, we were busy. I was doing my podcast. He was doing his podcast. We couldn't quite finish the book in time. The book was supposed to come out just before the Democratic National Convention happened. of last year.

It's interesting. Ezra and I had a conversation maybe, I don't know, I guess a full year ago now where the book was being extended, right? Ezra and I were just, we were busy. I was doing my podcast. He was doing his podcast. We couldn't quite finish the book in time. The book was supposed to come out just before the Democratic National Convention happened. of last year.

And I remember thinking like, man, it's too bad that our book can't come out and shape the messaging for the Democratic Party in 2024. At this point, for better or for worse, and there's certainly a lot of worse if you're a Democrat, I think there's a moment right now where there's a lot of people asking, what's the future of the Democratic Party? We're polling at 29% according to CNN.

And I remember thinking like, man, it's too bad that our book can't come out and shape the messaging for the Democratic Party in 2024. At this point, for better or for worse, and there's certainly a lot of worse if you're a Democrat, I think there's a moment right now where there's a lot of people asking, what's the future of the Democratic Party? We're polling at 29% according to CNN.

And I remember thinking like, man, it's too bad that our book can't come out and shape the messaging for the Democratic Party in 2024. At this point, for better or for worse, and there's certainly a lot of worse if you're a Democrat, I think there's a moment right now where there's a lot of people asking, what's the future of the Democratic Party? We're polling at 29% according to CNN.

It's the lowest overall approval for the Democratic Party in the history of the time series. A lot of folks asking, you know, where does the party go from here? What's the future of liberalism? And, you know, Ezra and I just happened to have been asking each other this question for the last two and a half years of our lives and put it together in a book. Came out about 14 hours ago.

It's the lowest overall approval for the Democratic Party in the history of the time series. A lot of folks asking, you know, where does the party go from here? What's the future of liberalism? And, you know, Ezra and I just happened to have been asking each other this question for the last two and a half years of our lives and put it together in a book. Came out about 14 hours ago.

It's the lowest overall approval for the Democratic Party in the history of the time series. A lot of folks asking, you know, where does the party go from here? What's the future of liberalism? And, you know, Ezra and I just happened to have been asking each other this question for the last two and a half years of our lives and put it together in a book. Came out about 14 hours ago.

It's called Abundance. And yeah, it's been fun talking about it.

It's called Abundance. And yeah, it's been fun talking about it.

It's called Abundance. And yeah, it's been fun talking about it.

Yeah, the original intent, look, the book was always going to be a deep critique of the Democratic Party from two Democratic voters, a deep critique of modern liberalism from two guys who self-identify as liberal. And one of our critiques is just that the Democratic Party and liberals have gotten out of the business of building. This is an organization or a movement, a coalition.

Yeah, the original intent, look, the book was always going to be a deep critique of the Democratic Party from two Democratic voters, a deep critique of modern liberalism from two guys who self-identify as liberal. And one of our critiques is just that the Democratic Party and liberals have gotten out of the business of building. This is an organization or a movement, a coalition.

Yeah, the original intent, look, the book was always going to be a deep critique of the Democratic Party from two Democratic voters, a deep critique of modern liberalism from two guys who self-identify as liberal. And one of our critiques is just that the Democratic Party and liberals have gotten out of the business of building. This is an organization or a movement, a coalition.