And I disagre with you, but that’s what makes this country what it is.
I can think of several cases where Iminent Domain could be useful and benefit the majority of Americans, and that’s what it was intended for, but the interpretations of laws is unfortunatley up to unscrupulous politicians.
Lets say China buys a couple thousand acres of U.S. forest for its lumber ( I don’t think the U.S. should sell to foreign countries, but that’s for another post). After China buys the land we find out that it’s using the land to build weapons or some other devious use.
Would you have a problem with Eminent Domain in this case?
You wouldn’t use Eminent Domain in such a case: that’s a strawman. Eminent Domain is not our last, best defense against the Chinese.
If the new owners of the land were committing a crime then you would prosecute in the usual way.
But if they came by their property legally and are doing nothing illegal, then seizing their property is criminal and immoral.