Blue state Republicans need left-NIMBY voters to win contestable elections.

Degrowth has (explicitly) no plan for building anything. The Abundance movement has identified plenty of ideas (with examples of success stories). You would know that if you'd bother reading anything on it with an open mind. The "Beliefs as facts" accusation is pure projection on your part.

Degrowth will never achieve those things (quite the opposite). Who's selling snake oil?

This is reductive and wrong. I want cheap electricity that comes from renewable sources. Housing supply that keeps people off the streets. A sustainable future that isn't hindered by rent-seeking special interests.

I'm sure regulatory capture by special interests is only a problem in Manhattan.

Simple fix: require a $1 bond for all injunctions.

He's right about the social solidarity bit, but the call is coming from inside the house. It wouldn't be true if people like him didn't exist.