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Even in democratic Taiwan they have this mindset to an extent - private land must not stand in the way of infrastructure.
by LAC-Tech 11mo ago
Even in democratic Taiwan they have this mindset to an extent - private land must not stand in the way of infrastructure.
- alephnerd 11mo agoTaiwan's mass urban demolition spree happened towards the tail end of authoritarian rule, and did in fact play a role in garnering mass support for the democracy movement. After democracy, Taiwan shifted towards trying to preserve traditional neighborhoods or working to normalize unofficial neighborhoods and slums - basically adopting a bottom up instead of top down approach [0] [0] - https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/Details?Guid=5fcbb01d-9ae9-4377-acec-2134b9620e05&CatId=11&postname=Urban%20Renewal%3A%20A%20Bottom-Up%20Approach https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/Details?Guid=5fc...
- nguyenkien 11mo agoHeck, even US use these tactic: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/brent-cebul-tearing-down-black-america/ https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/brent-cebul-tearing-do...