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MENTAL MODEL · M2087

BANANA

BANANA
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-31

CORE DEFINITION

Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything. It refers to an extreme anti-development attitude that opposes almost all new construction projects.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Identify extreme conservatism. When environmental protection or rights protection goes to extremes and becomes BANANA, social development will completely stagnate. This warns us that in the pursuit of protection, we must not fall into nihilistic rejection.

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Bananaism often refers to an advocacy or dependent stance towards the political economy of a 'banana republic', where local elites ally with foreign capital to maintain a single-crop dependency structure. It describes a development posture dominated by external capital.

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