@remedialaction​ Although I guess I will add on one more thing, regarding my policy proposals not being “innovative” enough - 

I’m an edgy centrist, not a far-right reactionary, extropian, or Anarcho-Lumberjack.  My idea of a “cool authoritarian regime” is Singapore, which is noted for being successful, safe, fairly open, and wealthy.

I tend to favor incremental policy rolled out experimentally, which won’t break the economy or be non-reversible.  I’m proposing things that I think are likely to actually work, which in some ways means they won’t be so different in kind from existing programs.   Revolution is, after all, overrated.

It’s true that in the space of all possible political policies, “ease up on zoning laws, end rent control and issue housing vouchers instead, throw on a tax based on expected new infrastructure required, then let the new housing stock roll in” is not particularly radical or revolutionary, but it’s likely to work and if it fails it isn’t likely to fail catastrophically.  

It’s still innovative relative to typical American and European politics, but my goal isn’t to be an innovation-maximizer within the absolute space of all political ideas.