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The legal process here also spreads wealth around, just in a more liquid form. Rather than owning 1/16 of some parcel of land completely enclosed by Zuckerberg'
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
The legal process here also spreads wealth around, just in a more liquid form. Rather than owning 1/16 of some parcel of land completely enclosed by Zuckerberg's compound, the lesser fortunate will get cash instead.
- devoply 10y agoBut if they actually had the parcel they could negotiate with the billionaire himself which would lead to a better pay-off. Which would be the main problem that this system circumvents. The secondary problem is those pesky natives coming on your land. There is that Silicon Valley billionaire dealing with that in California if I remember, Kholsa, in his case it's so they can access the public beach.
- koolba 10y agoLooks like Zuck is getting in front of those problems by preemptively building a wall around the property: http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/29/technology/mark-zuckerberg-wall/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/29/technology/mark-zuckerberg-w...
- local_kauai 10y agoThe wall is built and the locals are pissed