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> In the US, you get to keep your house no matter how much anyone - including the government - would prefer you didn't. Not true at all. Eminent Domain is a re
by throwawayboise 6y ago
> In the US, you get to keep your house no matter how much anyone - including the government - would prefer you didn't.
Not true at all. Eminent Domain is a real thing. The controversies have generally been when there is a dispute over whether the taking is for a public benefit, e.g. condeming property to make way for a private business.
- ghaff 6y agoIt is but it's increasingly difficult. Constructing the Interstate Highway System would have be far more challenging today. (Some of our property growing up was taken for this purpose. Don't really know if my parents considered it an OK deal at the time.)
- aerosmile 6y ago> Eminent Domain is a real thing. It's technically a thing but totally not a thing in the context of my comment and this topic in general. I doubt you'll make a case that China, Russia, or for that matter, even Austria have stronger private property rights than the US. Remember, the origination story of the US revolves around private land ownership attracting European migrants who were fed up with European feudalism. I am sure there are some carveouts here and there, but they are remarkably minimal to the point that it's sometimes worth making an observation without adding a bunch of footnotes.
- pchristensen 6y agoOther countries, notably Japan but others that escape my memory, have stronger property rights because the government has weaker power of eminent domain. This has more details, see the section about Japan - https://pedestrianobservations.com/2018/02/02/civil-service-racism-and-cost-control/ https://pedestrianobservations.com/2018/02/02/civil-service-...