...not enough people are thinking about this incredible, broad, middle-class prosperity engine that once existed. I just find it a little disturbing how much American policymakers focus on this question of how much do we distribute to the losers and not enough on how do we build an economy where there aren’t so many losers in the first place.

That would get in the way of them screaming vae victis and dunking on all of us peasants

To people who are just working at Subway, it’s like, “Okay, the Left is telling me I got to go get more education and move. And the Right’s telling me I got to basically start my own chain of Subways. I just want a decent income to raise a family.” I don’t think anybody’s addressing that middle approach.

In the globalized world, everyone's standards have become unrealistic. Social media has turned the apex fallacy into a psychosis.

The linked essays are good too:

So long as the Left appears more interested in finding new enemies than in seeking new friends, it will fail to advance its many important priorities.

That pretty much sums up all politics; it's just social media grifting and roasting each other for engagement.