The NIMBY people know what they're doing. They know that restricting the supply of housing is bad for society. They don't care because it is good for their own personal financial position.
I'm sick of these posts thinking that these people are stupid and if we could just explain to them the consequences of their actions this would all be fixed. No. They KNOW. It is intentional.
This is exactly it. Notice for instance how homeowners will vote to allow ADUs but not to allow splitting off the ADU as a separate deed that would allow someone else a piece of competing ownership. They want all the upside of additional landlord opportunities but not the filthy peasant to own the Adu they live in.
Yes. The answer is not to "convince" individuals of things en masse. It's to identify the policy change that would take away their power to do this, and then identify approaches to law that could cause that policy change. Then, build theories of change to get there. Many theories of change do not require broad public support.
I'm sick of these posts thinking that these people are stupid and if we could just explain to them the consequences of their actions this would all be fixed. No. They KNOW. It is intentional.