Eminent domain

[jossel]

There’s a section of the fifth amendment of the

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[makaer]

When people start to exercise the 5th amendment that is when other people start to exercise the 2nd

[jossel]

I think the problem is how you justify whether one person's sacrifice is really necessary for the greater good. Honestly, a lot of times the "greater good" is just a gut feeling. You can run computer simulations or hire expensive consultants to support your feeling, but you still plan something because you think it'll work out well. Sometimes it is easy to sell (public works projects), other times you'll have people say, is that really necessary? (i.e. if your local gov't asks you to pay for a bike path to run through the property you own. Those things are expensive

[makaer]

You should take some astrophysics or astronomy courses, maybe a masters or PhD and then go into Mars City Planning. That would be so cool.

[zephyrkel]

i don't think you've ever met my friend