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As a commenter stated below: Be careful comparing a system which can simply take the land and labor it wants to one in which people have rights. China also has
by cheeko1234 7y ago
As a commenter stated below: Be careful comparing a system which can simply take the land and labor it wants to one in which people have rights.
China also has the lowest organ recipient lists, maybe we should try to emulate that too:
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-harvesting-organs-of-uighur-muslims-china-tribunal-tells-un-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-harvesting-organs-of-u...
- hojijoji 7y agoThat't not an excuse. You can build infrastructure without violating peoples rights. It may be more difficult but definitely doable. Look at Japan or Europe. This is a political issue based on a missing long term agenda.
- asteli 7y agoWhat? The US has the ability to repossess land under Eminent Domain, and it can raise taxes to pay for construction labor (a roundabout way of compelling people to labor for the government). That's not the issue here.
- gwright 7y agoIt is not reasonable to equate the rules regarding eminent domain in the US with the effort required by the Chinese government to acquire land. Nor is it reasonable to equate the complexities of raising revenue in representative government with the ability to direct expenses in a command economy as in China.