Orwell, fascism and evil corporations don't come up when we discuss the use of eminent domain to obtain land for private development?
“Orwell, fascism and evil corporations don’t come up when we discuss the use of eminent domain to obtain land for private development?”
Well, it does, yes, but not at all in the same manner. When people rail at eminent domain, it’s because the government is stealing instead of protecting private property. In the case of this thread, there’s certainly some form of government-bashing going on. Also, and more importantly, there’s a virile attack on—and association of nightmarish totalitarianism with—the notion of the government strengthening its protection of private property. Not the sae thing.
A better comparison would be not with eminent domain, but, say, with a call for the state to extend its legal protection of property rights by heavily subsidizing neighborhood security firms. Now, I’d expect this to be ridiculed as prodigal and unnecessary. But never would I expect it to be railed against as Orwellian and fascist (excluding those who consider most every outlay of government spending to be fascistic). Yet strengthening copyright protection routinely is, even amongst those who believe in its efficacy in a limited sense.