Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Tyler Cowen Asks Why the Democrats are Fading.

Their policies have been tried and found to fail. Anti-police rhetoric and riot excuse making lead to a 30% increase in murder. The poor are no longer poor by consumption but still commit violent crime at twice the rate of the non poor and still don't do as well in school.

They, the party of peace, failed to deter war in Ukraine or negotiate out of it.

The people that they have sympathy for, the Gaza Palestinians lashed out in crazy and violent way.

The only thing that they have going for them is the craziness of the Trumpians and the weakness of Trump as a candidate and memories of Trump are fading.

Democratic Socialism

 Democratic means every person gets a vote.

Socialism means common ownership of everything.

So the voters have taken control over what can be built near them and have for very frivolous reasons blocked building driving up the cost of living.

Socialism means you have no property rights and no economic rights.

More Democratic Socialism is not the solution to high cost of living especially concerning housing.