Both the TMT  and the Dakota Access Pipeline are about DUE PROCESS and OLIGARCHY issues. While some may not quarrel with the content, the processes by which decisions were made and carried out are wrong

Too many projects are ramrodded through by the powers-that-be. These powerful entities are used to the Golden Rule - the one with the gold rules. They couldn't care less about the original rule - "Do unto others what you would others do unto you."

Hence, there is a tipping point as to how far ordinary people will take being ignored, shoved aside and meaningful public participation being severely marginalized.