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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
It seems we've lost the societal notion that there needs to be self sacrifice for overall progress.
Whether it's building a pipeline, a highway, a refinery, a power plant, or some simple row houses - everyone has an expectation they can oppose anything that impacts them personally in a negative fashion, and have the projects be beholden to their interests.
It's become "getting #### done, only if absolutely everyone agrees" and it's been codified into our laws.
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Exactly 100% right. And it’s ironically very undemocratic.