The Industrial Revolution would not have happened if it had begun amid our current institutions, political economy, and level of regulation/procedural roadblocks aka “democratic input.” This is among the starkest challenges facing Western society today, though uncouth to discuss.

If you needed a reminder of why America’s founders were deeply skeptical of democracy and the will of the masses, there is none better than the fact that the American people seem to be enthusiastically banning a wave of industrialization before it has even begun in earnest. https://twitter.com/deanwball/status/2042655724270920012/photo/1