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>>he laws against building new housing or repairing tractors are gone because >10% of people don't. I think it is a fallacy (one often made by supporters of de

>>he laws against building new housing or repairing tractors are gone because >10% of people don't. I think it is a fallacy (one often made by supporters of democracy) to believe that 90% of people want X, with X being the thing the government refuses to do.... in this case housing... Sure lots of people claim to want more housing, claim to support more housing.. right up to the moment that new housing is going to be built in their backyard then they no longer desire that new housing... That housing should he build "somewhere else" ... in someone else's backyard... NIMBY is a problem for all kinds of things and is not resolved with popularity, because most people do not want a Nuclear Reactor, Trash Dump, or "Affordable housing" in their neighborhood They want nice expensive housing that will drive up their property values... I want Single Family homes on nice large lots...etc

AnthonyMouse 4y ago
> I think it is a fallacy (one often made by supporters of democracy) to believe that 90% of people want X, with X being the thing the government refuses to do.... No, no, it's not that 90% of people want more housing. It's that we'd have a form of government where, unless 90% of people want to prevent more housing, anybody can go build more housing. You'd need 90% support to pass a law (e.g. zoning regulations), 10% support to repeal it. So you get all the laws everyone can agree on and none of the ones they can't.