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minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down20·11 days agoChina: Force these people out of their homes, bulldoze them down, to make room for the rail line. Make people work 18 hours per day so we can build a railway that will fall apart within three years. American Leftists: I wish we were more like China!
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 days agoYou say that as though the US doesn’t exercise eminent domain frequently. It’s a non-starter of an argument.
China: Force these people out of their homes, bulldoze them down, to make room for the rail line. Make people work 18 hours per day so we can build a railway that will fall apart within three years.
American Leftists: I wish we were more like China!
You say that as though the US doesn’t exercise eminent domain frequently. It’s a non-starter of an argument.