Originally Posted by anthropic
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A few years back the Supreme Court ruled that taking private property for a pharmaceutical company somehow fit the definition of public purpose, since it presumably increased property values & tax collections. Note shift from public "use" in Constitution to public "purpose."

Exactly- the company was Pfizer. They sued to get this landmark case through the supreme court that is quietly unwinding civil rights. Land ownership is a fundamental right, and the fascist decision ends that right and concerts it to simple majority-provided privilege.