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It's China, so it falls under the authority of the CPC first, then any legal considerations second. We marvel at how quickly they built up high speed rail, but
by deepfriedbits 10y ago
It's China, so it falls under the authority of the CPC first, then any legal considerations second.
We marvel at how quickly they built up high speed rail, but when you can just seize land without regard to imminent domain, associated lawsuits and the like, things tend to get expedited.
- chii 10y agoIndeed every great human achievement had been accomplished with great human suffering and injustice. But perhaps that's the reality of the human condition, and nothing is ever going to change that.
- jacobush 10y agoBut what constitutes a great achievement?
- lostlogin 10y ago>Indeed every great human achievement had been accomplished with great human suffering and injustice. No. How do you apply that logic to the last decade or two of advancements. Large Hadron Collider, SpaceX, gravitational waves, Mars explorer, human genome project etc etc.