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Don't forget in China these little people have way higher attachment to their homes. They are often ancestral homes. The people that would be happy to be 'force

Don't forget in China these little people have way higher attachment to their homes. They are often ancestral homes. The people that would be happy to be 'forced to move' have already moved to the city in most cases, with only those with high connections to their home remaining. In the USA we don't really have the same sort of attachment to ancestral homes and would be more receptive to paid relocation and view it way differently. Those that celebrate China's way and say the relocated people are happy to be moved from their ancestral homes and communities to concrete block apartments don't understand Chinese culture and provide cover to how soul crushing relocation is for those impacted.

lazide 3y ago
At the end of the day, it either happens or it doesn’t - and that has pros and cons either way. You’re correct on the impact to those folks, but there are also a LOT of other folks who benefit from the new rail (or should, anyway!). At the end of the day, their strategy works for the majority better. We’re deadlocked trying to not offend anyone (and get scammed by the contractors in the process). They say ‘fuck it’ and pave it over, and then tuck the little people in a closet and tell them to shut up or else. But if they didn’t, they’d have no rail where they need to go, like…. us. Eventually, without some compromise or balance, either system reaches a breaking point. Ours, we’ll eventually be so mired in shit not working that people will leave to somewhere different (if they can) wherever it’s really bad. Think NYC/Detroit/LA/etc. in the 70’s and 80’s. In China, they crack down too hard (or stay too focused on ‘the plan’) that they destroy what they are trying to preserve/create. Either Violently (Russia), or by going broke/financial crisis (Japan).

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Don't forget in China these little people have way higher attachment to their homes. They are often ancestral homes. The people that would be happy to be 'force

by ROTMetro 3y ago

lazide 3y ago
At the end of the day, it either happens or it doesn’t - and that has pros and cons either way. You’re correct on the impact to those folks, but there are also a LOT of other folks who benefit from the new rail (or should, anyway!). At the end of the day, their strategy works for the majority better. We’re deadlocked trying to not offend anyone (and get scammed by the contractors in the process). They say ‘fuck it’ and pave it over, and then tuck the little people in a closet and tell them to shut up or else. But if they didn’t, they’d have no rail where they need to go, like…. us. Eventually, without some compromise or balance, either system reaches a breaking point. Ours, we’ll eventually be so mired in shit not working that people will leave to somewhere different (if they can) wherever it’s really bad. Think NYC/Detroit/LA/etc. in the 70’s and 80’s. In China, they crack down too hard (or stay too focused on ‘the plan’) that they destroy what they are trying to preserve/create. Either Violently (Russia), or by going broke/financial crisis (Japan).