We should also put "communism" in quotations too.
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right right... which part of China is communist again? is it the permanent oligarchy? the reeducation camps? the low-paying factory jobs that make the owner class rich?
Well we've got all that in the US already, so can we just do the version where we get trains in addition to the other stuff, instead of just the other stuff?
Ha ha, no. Petroleum lobby needs a new pair of shoes.
China is about a fascist as they come. One virtue doesn't eliminate 100 vices.
Sure, if you're one of those people who just uses fascism to mean "the bad guy in my hero vs villain worldview"
Say what you want about the PRC, they make the trains run on time.
(the secret ingredient is slave labor!)
Source: it came to me in a USA government funded dream
The US has slave labor and all they do is pick cotton and staff call centers. If I'm living in a state with slave labor either way I'd probably take the one with the trains.
China's nationwide passenger rail network doesn't really care if you have a valid point or not.
Yes, comrade, we have the best trains. They are most efficient for getting workers to the labor camps. We must work hard to build the glorious future for ~~dear leader~~ our people!
China is as communist as the vatican is good for kids
But sure let us be blinded by propaganda and ignore that the trains in china are held together by ducktape, rails are unsafe and got build with slave labor :)
Don't think u have travelled to china. Their rail system is fantastic. All out train in US looks like came from steel mill from Philadelphia. Boxy trash and slow af
nd ignore that the trains in china are held together by ducktape, rails are unsafe and got build with slave labor :)
?? I don't love china but ignoring the enormous amount of investment they've made is silly. that's what it is, investment. The amount of roads and rail in the last 20 years should give anyone pause, instead of discounting it.
To be fair, they played a significant part in building American railroads too, so that original point is a bit off to begin with
trains in china are held together by ducktape, rails are unsafe and got build with slave labor :)
Speaking of being blinded by propaganda...
Would be Propaganda if it wasnt send videos posted chinese citicens on chinese platforms
What?
The rails are good, but a bit rushed planning wise. Haven't been to China, but the biggest complaints I've heard are more "they stuck a station in a super inconvenient spot so they could show progress on the project"
The trains and track seem to have been well built though.
Spain is better at building high speed rail infrastructure than China is. The problem is not the economic system, it's what lobby groups are in charge.
And all the libertarians cry about is how it's not real free markets and that's why we don't have nice trains and public education etc. not understanding that it's government funding and regulations that's just barely keeping everything (pun intended) on the rails in the first place.
Libertarians are like house cats. Completely dependent on a system they neither understand nor appreciate and fiercely confident of their own independence.
Now do Vietnam vs Japan or Switzerland
I’d trade all parking spots for more trains in my city.
Really, your example for the "free market" transportation in the US is Amtrack? ... in a car community?
This is just a tanky shitpost.