When I got evicted from the house my family had lived in for four generations.
Seized with imminent domain and bulldozed after a year. The lot sat empty for another year until the entire block was eventually paved over and they literally built a fucking Walmart.
Turns out the public works project they seized our home for “fell through” so the land was sold off at a profit from what they paid.
They “purchased” our home for below market rate while claiming it was the actual value of the house. My family all live in different apartments now instead of the multi-generational home we had before it was stolen.
I’m never having kids and I’m happy this country is collapsing. I’ve kept the names of the public officials who approved that theft. I have plans for what I’ll do when Amerikkka goes full mad max.
Anecdotal but my (Chinese) friend was driving me through Beijing, and pointed to this MASSIVE housing complex, and said the farmers who were displaced were VERY well compensated. I don't have citations, but it's probably one of those stories that everyone who lives there knows about.
Eminent domain is the fucking devil, same shit almost happened to the small town my Uncle lived in (they wanted to try and build a fucking marina in a rinky dink river in WA in a former logging town and thereby increase property value, hole town damn near rioted).
When I got evicted from the house my family had lived in for four generations.
Seized with imminent domain and bulldozed after a year. The lot sat empty for another year until the entire block was eventually paved over and they literally built a fucking Walmart.
Turns out the public works project they seized our home for “fell through” so the land was sold off at a profit from what they paid.
They “purchased” our home for below market rate while claiming it was the actual value of the house. My family all live in different apartments now instead of the multi-generational home we had before it was stolen.
I’m never having kids and I’m happy this country is collapsing. I’ve kept the names of the public officials who approved that theft. I have plans for what I’ll do when Amerikkka goes full mad max.
Edit: got angry and fedposted a lil bit
I am sorry comrade, thats a crime beyond words.
Yeah, my family did its best to adapt, but my grandparents never really recovered from it.
That's horrendous. Imminent domain, yet another reason for why Amerikkka ought to burn.
In theory, imminent domain is great when used by a socialist government to build public works projects that benefit everyone.
Under a bourgeoisie government, it is used to justify theft.
Bingo. How the hell are you supposed to build trains without imminent domain? :traingang:
Yeah, for sure. I get the purpose of it and why it's needed for a functional state to maintain itself.
Unfortunately, that's the not the kind of country Amerikkka is.
Anecdotal but my (Chinese) friend was driving me through Beijing, and pointed to this MASSIVE housing complex, and said the farmers who were displaced were VERY well compensated. I don't have citations, but it's probably one of those stories that everyone who lives there knows about.
Yeah, perfect example. If my family has been compensated fairly, then we could have rebuilt our home some place new…
:deeper-sadness:
Eminent domain is the fucking devil, same shit almost happened to the small town my Uncle lived in (they wanted to try and build a fucking marina in a rinky dink river in WA in a former logging town and thereby increase property value, hole town damn near rioted).
Good. :sicko-hexbear:
That's enraging.
It radicalized me at a very early age.