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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by ranger_danger on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @09:43PM (#48485284)
That only works for the French because they're afraid to disappear their own citizens. US has been doing it for the last year and a half.
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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by themaninthedark on Thursday June 11, 2026 @06:08AM (#48488377)
>US has been doing it for the last year and a half.

Individual jurisdictions have been doing that for much longer than a year and half.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-poli...

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by tremon on Thursday June 11, 2026 @07:08PM (#48497673)
You are basically admitting that the US is already past the point of no return on the road to full-blown oppression: too many government workers not accountable to the people.
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