alt Hacker Newsi definitely have internal debates on the idea of eminent domain and the nuances of wether i think its ok or not.
that said, i think i lean to it’s absolutely not ok to use eminent domain when the receivers of the benefits of the taken property are primarily one private industry and its owners.
i’d probably more often be ok with it if the benefits were mostly limited to being widely distributed to the people of that locality/region.
even then i go back and forth but i know for sure that plays a major part in how i see it.
I feel the same. When those large datacenter projects were being considered, the necessity for building new power lines should have been included in the ask. Instead they built the centers, then "notice" the system is straining and stick the public with the bill and local communities with the consequences. Classic "privatize profits and socialize risks".