I love when Reddit is just scream about how bad China is. Idk, as an American, it looks like they’re doing something right. Idk, maybe the whole “government investing in your citizens and infrastructure” isn’t such an evil socialist plot.
Eh partially, it’s also in large part no one has private property, so building these new mega cities is easy because who will complain and stop you. That’s not to say China isn’t investing in them mind you, but it’s a lot easier there. And a lot of China is still very rural, and very poor. No one shoots that part though.
That's factually inaccurate to say they don't have private property. They do. It's just they had to modify what carried over when they actually were communists so the wording seems like they don't but in practice and de facto legal practices it functions the same as private property.
It's also not as hard or easy - the US has similar powers as the Chinese called preeminent domain
When I say “private Property” I mean houses. You lease the land from the government for a while. They thus can take it back easier than eminent domain. And more than that: it’s politically easier to do so.
If we wanted to do this in the US, swathes of houses and buildings would need torn down. Do you think there will not be riots over this?
So, I understood what you meant. And my point still stands - that's a carryover but not in practice.
So, the way the Chinese did it was that they actually gave back the land in the rural area. Mind you the West wouldn't do that but we could. Nothing here is a system of impossibility
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u/ineitabongtoke 4d ago
I love when Reddit is just scream about how bad China is. Idk, as an American, it looks like they’re doing something right. Idk, maybe the whole “government investing in your citizens and infrastructure” isn’t such an evil socialist plot.