If you support change, but only in a particular way that's unavailable, then do you really support change? Or have you found a way to gesture in the direction o

If you support change, but only in a particular way that's unavailable, then do you really support change? Or have you found a way to gesture in the direction of change while being content with the status quo? Does this distinction have any actual difference to it, in practical political terms? That's the kind of behavior pattern that leads to people being regarded as left-NIMBYs. They're not opposed to density! They're just opposed to every proposal that comes before them and insist on perfection. Whether or not that perfect solution, the mix of public housing for all and perfectly tuned rent control and running evil for-profit developers out of town, is reasonably achievable seems irrelevant. Until that wonderful day, the status quo is just fine. So perhaps this is why they're called left-NIMBYs. They find the status quo acceptable and are willing to fight for it.