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Why is "confiscating" in quotes? Is that not exactly what eminent domain takings are?


You generally don’t get paid ~market rate for confiscations.


The constitution says the government cant confiscate anything without due process, so not sure why thats relevant.


Eminent domain is considered due process


Eminent domain requires paying market rate


Which… was my first point.


You said you don’t get market rate.


I was saying that you get paid approximately market rate, which makes it obviously not merely "confiscation", ergo using scare quotes "confiscation" to describe eminent domain is pretty reasonable.


I take the view that land is not chattel and they should not be conflated.




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