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Originally Posted by Azure
I wasn't being a prick at all. But if you want to take it that way, go ahead.
You seem to agree that its alright for the Chinese government to simply throw people off their land, or out of their houses.....just as long as they pay them money.
But its not right....and you know it.
I'll say it again....if I 'own' my land....the government cannot force me off of it. Nor can they force me to sell. Sure, if they offer me a few million for land that is only worth a couple hundred thousand, I might sell. But then again, its still my choice. And thats the way it should be.
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Actually I don't know it, and I will take it as you being a condescending prick again. I disagree with you. Your ownership is nothing more than a matter of law, and if the law states your property can be taken with reasonable compensation in a situation where your property is needed to benefit the masses, then so be it. If it was taken without compensation then I would say there was a moral problem, but that's not what we're talking about. Frankly, I think it would be a big problem not to have such a law. Especially in a developing country with a population the size of China's.
Also, the relationship between you and your property is immaterial by your own standards. Unless of course your property is in China...
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Originally Posted by peter12
Like building massively inefficient industrial projects and flooding fertile farmland? The Chinese State is on a roller coaster ride towards environmental collapse and one reason for it, is its lack of respect for property rights.
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I'm not in support of inefficient industrial projects like the 3 gorges, but that's hardly the sum total of the civil projects in China. Besides it's not a lack of respect for property rights that's got China heading for environmental problems, it's China's problems in balancing a massive population, primarily living in poverty, with the goal of industrialization and modernization.