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Who cares if the developers get rich? Do you(and the rest of society) get what you want? “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the bak
by jmeister 4y ago
Who cares if the developers get rich? Do you(and the rest of society) get what you want?
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages”
― Adam Smith
- rootusrootus 4y ago> Do you(and the rest of society) get what you want? That is an interesting question. In many cases people here are advocating that the locals don't get what they want, so that "the rest of society" does.
- epistasis 4y agoThe NIMBY locals always think they represent the community when poll after poll shows that they do not. The process has been setup to allow a few squeaky wheels to have veto power over change. It's just pure narcissism of the NIMBY that all the other community members have the same belief as them.