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> Honestly, a better example of that would be eminent domain, which existed long before COVID

Eminent domain has a pretty rigorous, well-defined process (or at least I hope it does). Saying "OMG COVID, NOBODY GETS TO EVICT" over the course of 1 week with absolutely fuck-all thought given to how to unwind such a policy.... totally different beast. Especially given it was only supposed to be "two weeks to flatten the curve to protect healthcare".

And yeah, without eminent domain absolutely no large public works project would ever get built. There will always be somebody, somewhere who will block a large project no matter how many concessions to make for them. Society needs ways to route around that kind of stubbornness.