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Dunno why you think it's obvious that I should be able to have the state seize your house for my own personal infrastructure just because I demand I chew throug
by SuperNinKenDo 2mo ago
Dunno why you think it's obvious that I should be able to have the state seize your house for my own personal infrastructure just because I demand I chew through so much electricity that the local infrastructure can't support my demands.
- jryle70 2mo agoDo you have the same objection if it for a housing project, built by a private corp? That's a practice that exists everywhere. This is an article about a case of expropriation in the Netherlands. The government frequently uses expropriation ("onteigening") to forcibly remove old, small wind turbines owned by private farmers to make room for massive, industrial-scale wind farms. In Dutch, so you'll need to swith on English translation: https://www.dirkzwager.nl/kennis/artikelen/afdeling-bestuursrechtspraak-onteigening-windturbines-mogelijk-en-saneringsvoorwaarden-toelaatbaar https://www.dirkzwager.nl/kennis/artikelen/afdeling-bestuurs...