to me the wise form of housing politics is to sell an optimistic vision of greenfield housing in strategically placed new districts designed by people like @holz-bau.bsky.social. it is genuinely the best solution, and we can offer beautiful renderings of optimistic visions. 1/

i think the tendency toward “reality based” cynicism among liberals is a huge political problem. Trump promises a golden age, Kamala promises what? 2/

i don’t think nonfascists should start promising mythical golden ages and ponies for everyone. but i think we should sell the outer edges of an achievable positive visions, and make our case by making progress towards those edges… 3/

rather than wearily, sophisticatedly, discussing a very straitened adjacent possible, for fear of disappointing people with the idea that a better world might be possible (or fear of upsetting people who prefer this much worse world for their place in it). /fin