From Gun-Free Zone
"It’s
not that America can’t do this from a technical standpoint, it’s that when
Japan wants to bulldoze a swath of land on which to pour a concrete slab and
lay track, right through your home or farmland, they can. Fuck you.
"In the US,
if some quasi-public corporation like Amtrack wanted to run a high-speed rail
from DC to NYC with no stops in between, or maybe one stop in Philadelphia, in
order to keep the train moving efficiently, and needed to bulldoze a swath and
pour concrete and lay track through your property to do so, they can’t.
They either have to buy your land or use eminent domain to force you to sell
it.
"Any government powerful enough to run a high-speed rail
through your land against your will is powerful enough to put you in a cattle
car for not wanting a high-speed rail run through your land."
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