"Middlebrow writers love talking about deep roots – that is, processes that are said to be part of a shared cultural heritage that stretches a long way back, and is therefore by implication hard to impossible to change through policy… Often (but not always!), it’s a thin veneer for racism…" @Alon https://pedestrianobservations.com/2023/03/21/no-the-anglosphere-isnt-especially-nimby/