In the book Abundance, left liberal authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson identify unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape as an important factor in why there is a shortage of housing across the USA. Very quickly, billionaires and powerful donors have rallied to fund American politicians who campaign on an “Abundance Agenda”. Why is big money so excited about Abundance?  What will happen if the “Abudance Agenda” that they’re funding is adopted by the U.S. Democratic party? 00:00 Introduction 01:39 Bloodbundance: the analogy 07:50 IRL 08:47 The Abundance book thesis 11:03 Who’s supporting the “Abundance agenda”? 12:06 Why zillionaires support the “Abundance agenda” trojan horsery 15:50 Neoliberalism vs Welfare Capitalism vs. Fascism 19:40 Divide and conquer, blame democracy 22:41 The “Abundance agenda” in action: California 27:16 Next time on What is Politics TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE: PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS TRANSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY / RELEVANT READING VIDEO VERSION (includes high entertainment val-u memes) RSS FEED tweeter: @worbsintowords ALL MUSIC BY STARSIXNINE https://archive.org/download/dumbubdance-01/DUMBUBDANCE%2001.mp3