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Note that NIMBYism has little to do with democracy, and it is mostly the opposite. NIMBYism is about a small, concentrated group of people wielding large amount
by jlmorton 3y ago
Note that NIMBYism has little to do with democracy, and it is mostly the opposite. NIMBYism is about a small, concentrated group of people wielding large amounts of veto power granted to them in various ways by local government.
Democracy is the solution to NIMBYism, not the cause.
- eru 3y agoDemocracy is such an unwieldy, overladen term that it's hard to use in a technical discussion. It means all kinds of different things to all kinds of different people. Sometimes even at the same time.
- mahkeiro 3y agoI'm not sure of that. In Switzerland people vote against their own good by refusing new neighborhoods, high rise building, and constricting constructions to the current extent (and this at all levels city/state/federation). Cost of living is not the main driver as all the projects are refused for quality of life reason, Most people think that the only solution is downsizing the population (good luck with that). I have few hope for an improvement.