Ezra Klein On Vetocracy

Engages Ezra Klein's vetocracy thesis (too many veto points block building). Scott adds: the polarization-vs-vetocracy distinction, the public-choice asymmetry (doing-bad-things is visible/punished, not-doing-good-things is invisible → a one-way veto ratchet), the 'if government can't do anything why aren't we a libertarian paradise' puzzle (resolved: it can still hamstring itself/regulate, just not exert power), and the state-capacity-libertarianism contrast.

Quality 67 · Strong. Strong: a compact, sharp political-economy essay engaging a live idea, with the public-choice-ratchet mechanism as the key contribution.

Claude’s paradigm shift 48 · Moderate. Notable: the asymmetry-drives-the-ratchet framing + the SCL contrast.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Feeds the vetocracy/abundance discourse; no institution-moving effect. =2.