Now you're rationalizing. I hate eminent domain. IMO it is all theft. It should only be used in critical situations where there is no choice, like building a bridge or a highway the region sorely needs and there is no other way to do it without using your property. Clearly, that was not the case here.
And too often, fair compensation is never given. If anything, the family ought to be compensated handsomely to make up for the trauma of having your home taken from you against your will.
But nothing never earned is ever appreciated and this family did not earn the property back, it was just gifted to them after also being paid for it. I predict no good will come from the gain other than their selling the land and making an immediate huge windfall-- -- -- kind of like the George Floyd family who are now multi-millionaires, all for nothing other than their son was a career hood who chose to counterfeit at the the right place and time.
So lets carry all this magnanimity over to the American Indian. Their land was stolen and NEVER compensated for!
Let's be fair and give the Indians back:
- Long Island.
- Florida.
- South Dakota.
- Arizona.
- California.
And while we are at it, we should give back Texas and the SW back to Mexico.