Erik Haugen @ech@qoto.org

@QasimRashid One of these is not like the others...

@VeroniqueB99 That comment from Vance is wrong in several ways, but Aaron's reply is ignorant.

Yes, even if the 30 million people can't afford 250k houses and mortgages, all else being equal if they live somewhere it still drives home prices up. obviously.

The question is why would "all else be equal": isn't the problem why aren't we building more houses?

@streetartutopia Musk can not use his 7b to feed everyone. This is literally not possible. 😂

@hosford42 @QasimRashid I think that idea of "underlying dissatisfaction with the status quo" and "shitty options" gets at it, yeah.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "oligarchy and wealth inequality", but I think both flavors of populism are lashing out against things adjacent to that. For example, the factory in your town shut down to be relocated overseas, so you're pretty mad about that and want Trump to stick it to the wealthy execs who threw you under the bus to pump their stock up. Distrust of "big tech" etc and their control of society (oligarchy)

Both are pretty wary of banks. Remember when Tucker was praising Elizabeth Warren's proposals? haha

@QasimRashid You're probably right about authenticity being appealing.

I think both the Trump lane and the Mamdani/Sanders/etc lane appeal to a certain set of populists; they're outsiders, "try something different", very sincere, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanders%E2%80%93Trump_voters It's a thing.

@yodaladywhooo @randahl well, it's war, whether its terrorists or a state (or both, I guess, like this one?). Yes this pretty much happens every time.