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abundance liberalism

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abundance liberalism

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abundance liberalism is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between November 05, 2022 and September 04, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “an abundance liberalism type platform”; “I think the solution is the philosophy that The Argument is supposed to be promoting - abundance liberalism”. It most often appears alongside San Francisco, YIMBY, 80,000 Hours.

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  • Category: Concepts
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: November 05, 2022
  • Last seen: September 04, 2025

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Highlights From The Comments On My California Ballot
November 05, 2022 · Original source
It's a damn shame that Malia Cohen ended up as the Dem on the ballot instead of Ron Galperin, the LA Controller, who was running on an "abundance liberalism" type platform. He's been harshly critical of how LA is wasting affordable housing funds, and his ideas of what they should be doing about it are good. (He just hasn't had cooperation from the Mayor's office or the city's legislative branch.) He'd be a solid future candidate for Gov.
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September 04, 2025 · Original source
I think the solution is the philosophy that The Argument is supposed to be promoting - abundance liberalism. In conditions of scarcity, everything is zero-sum, and groups with conflicting-access-needs have to demonize the preferences of whichever group they conflict with in order to carve out breathing space for themselves. But if housing was too cheap to meter, there could be quiet clean childfree apartment buildings for noise-sensitive elderly people, and also Matt-Yglesias-style family-friendly high rises for the kids.
Inline links: Matt-Yglesias-style family-friendly high rises