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> it's more complex than that.

Talk about a generic dismissive reply. Could you be more specific about your objections?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

It's easy not to suffer from Brandolini's law if your entire comment is a generic dismissal. It's a lot harder if you have something to say.

Did the Bernie Sanders stump speech that is at the top of this thread link any of their bullet points back to NIMBY somehow?

In the first sentence, yeah.

Relating the military industrial complex to what you see in local zoning board meetings is completely asinine. Lockheed Martin is not astroturfing the redevelopment of the long abandoned Taco Bell around the corner.

Lazy bullshit does not merit anyone's precious time.

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