Sometimes everyone acknowledges and wishes that solving X were the path forward, but for political, inertial, technical-debt, financial, or stubborn customer-re

Sometimes everyone acknowledges and wishes that solving X were the path forward, but for political, inertial, technical-debt, financial, or stubborn customer-related reasons, we must think only about Y. These conversations often end with the responder saying "then you should change teams." Which might be the ultimate XY answer.