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EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

In short, the US has absolutely zero high-speed rail infrastructure - and barely any rail infrastructure at all compared to what it used to have and the size of the country.

This was one of many proposed high-speed rail networks from (I think) the late 2000s/early 2010s, but the fledgling train companies were largely strangled or bought up and closed by freight rail, car, and fossil fuel companies, so nothing ever happened.

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WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
China will swallow up everything. This is how useless that extremist, “fuck the peasants” ideology is. It just leads to being outcompeted heavily.

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- veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The rich are also really stupid and shortsighted. The consolidation of wealth leads to populism, which leads to authoritarianism.
  
  Have they not seen what happens when they clash with authoritarianism? They should look at Jack Ma and realize that, from a game theory perspective, if they just stand against tyrants, they stand to preserve their power and wealth better…
  
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dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
OK, so it was like a real life who framed Roger rabbit situation, thank you for taking the time to explain

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- MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Weird aside, but Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Is actually kind of base on a true story. Oil, tire, and car companies did actually conspire to dismantle Los Angeles’ then extensive street car network.
  
  …wikipedia.org/…/General_Motors_streetcar_conspir…
  
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  - dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah. I kind of figured as much, there is so much truth hidden fiction. It’s Astounding
    
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PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
We have rail infrastructure…it just happens all be mostly owned by freight rail companies

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- EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We do, but it’s really scaled back compared to what we used to have. There are so many scars of abandoned rail lines all over major cities where they were torn out and replaced with road infrastructure. So many central train stations that are shadows of their former selves.
  
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