> Nathan Newman wrote:
>
>> Why progressives are even slightly conflicted on this core legal issue
>> mystifies me. Of course, we should organize politically to stop bad
>> uses of
>> eminent domain, but giving property owners special legal status
>> against the
>> rest of the community is clearly against the interests of the democratic
>> left.
>
But this isn't private property vs community. This is private property
vs capital.
They are not the same thing.
The "community" thing is just a cover.
Joanna