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NIMBYs get taken seriously because they show up in large numbers. I totally understand the reaction many people have to government. I fall victim to it all the

NIMBYs get taken seriously because they show up in large numbers. I totally understand the reaction many people have to government. I fall victim to it all the time. We see that politicians get bought and paid for, and we therefore assume that nothing can change the way things work, but this proves otherwise. At the end of the day, those who show up tend to win. If we all want change, and judging by this thread a majority do, then we need to show up. Show up at the local meetings. Call your local reps. Be annoying. Get everyone you know to also be annoying. Politicians like remaining in power, and an angry mob shouting about the roads and bike lanes... that will motivate them.

Lammy 4y ago
NIMBYs get taken seriously because the secondary and tertiary effects of their NIMBYism aligns with the dominant ideology of the state post-Civil-Rights-era. See also: the 1970 Congressional report from the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED050960.pdf#page=10 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED050960.pdf#page=10 (copy and paste URL to avoid HTTP Referer check) John D. Rockefeller Ⅲ sez: "We have all heard[citation needed] about a population problem in the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where death rates have dropped rapidly and populations have exploded. Only recently have we recognized that the United States may have population problems of its own. There are differing views. Some say[who?] that it is a problem of crisis proportions — that the growth of population is responsible for pollution of our air and water, depletion of our natural resources, and a broad array of social ills.[SUBTLE]" You may know the above as "WTF Happened in 1971?" https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
- jeffbee 4y ago
  If you scratch a NIMBY you'll find a fan of Ehrlich underneath. You have no idea how quickly a Berkeley zoning board meeting devolves from ordinary discourse into Malthusian debates about whether young people are entitled to exist. Of course Ehrlich was a gigantic racist, as are his followers, which was recently covered very well at https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/population-growth-housing-climate-change/629952/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/population...

Lammy 4y ago

NIMBYs get taken seriously because the secondary and tertiary effects of their NIMBYism aligns with the dominant ideology of the state post-Civil-Rights-era. See also: the 1970 Congressional report from the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED050960.pdf#page=10 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED050960.pdf#page=10 (copy and paste URL to avoid HTTP Referer check) John D. Rockefeller Ⅲ sez: "We have all heard[citation needed] about a population problem in the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where death rates have dropped rapidly and populations have exploded. Only recently have we recognized that the United States may have population problems of its own. There are differing views. Some say[who?] that it is a problem of crisis proportions — that the growth of population is responsible for pollution of our air and water, depletion of our natural resources, and a broad array of social ills.[SUBTLE]" You may know the above as "WTF Happened in 1971?" https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

jeffbee 4y ago
If you scratch a NIMBY you'll find a fan of Ehrlich underneath. You have no idea how quickly a Berkeley zoning board meeting devolves from ordinary discourse into Malthusian debates about whether young people are entitled to exist. Of course Ehrlich was a gigantic racist, as are his followers, which was recently covered very well at https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/population-growth-housing-climate-change/629952/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/population...