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by monero-xmr 817 days ago
“Just 1 simple fix”

Hopefully they bulldoze your neighborhood first. Mine? I know my neighbors would wage war…
1 comments
wenebego 817 days ago
Who said anything about bulldozing neighborhoods? Why would you wish that on someone else?
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whelp_24 817 days ago
That's what eminent domain is.
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wenebego 817 days ago
Oh so the railway infrastructure isnt able to be differentiated from peoples homes around it?
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monero-xmr 817 days ago
You wouldn’t need eminent domain in that case
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wenebego 817 days ago
>Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia,[1][2] Singapore), compulsory purchase (Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia, Barbados, New Zealand, Ireland), or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use.
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