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America is not a democracy. You know who's making the decisions in a democracy, and the populous can recall them. It's one of the four required mechanisms for democracy. A democracy can certainly find legitimate uses for eminent domain (i.e. in natural monopolies like trains or utilities), but I'd hope they'd pay a premium and socialize the natural monopoly rather than allowing some private organization to take advantage of people. This just sounds like Georgia Power bullying people.
*populace
never has been; it’s been an empire since white men crossed the mississippi
Sure, but it's something we can change from the bottom up. Whether in private organizations or single small-towns, we can and should start entrenching democracy and establishing norms and standards. Start with the mechanisms required for electoral democracy: Ranked Voting, Lottery Option, Recall Mechanism, Randomized Districting. Then, combat external forces by tax political donations and tax political advertising -- even if the Supreme Court says we can't ban political donations, it'd be very hard try justify a taxation exemption with breaking the whole economy. Move on to public information campaigns that inform citizens about democratic mechanisms. Start creating incentives and advantages for democratically run organizations and cooperation with other democracies.
There is a path to change, and we have a responsibility - to ourselves, our peers, and those who come after us - to pursue a more democratic society.
agreed across the board