> There is nothing stopping us from doing the same thing Well what's stopping us is: 1. prioritization of private property ownership over every other possible

> There is nothing stopping us from doing the same thing Well what's stopping us is: 1. prioritization of private property ownership over every other possible measure of societal health, people can drag out these projects fighting over the land in court for decades 2. government cronyism isn't even organized enough to stomp out the issues with #1 using eminent domain, because all the small fractious governments of states and local municipalities are working against each other to each win the cronyism battle. at least in more centralized governments, the cronysim is organized enough to get the project done while skimming 75% of the money off the top.