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The speaker says that concentrated, powerful interest groups can block projects even when those projects are broadly popular.
Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026
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“We are very used today to NIMBY, not in my backyard, where powerful but concentrated interest groups manage to stymie projects despite their raw popularity.”13:00Report a misattribution
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