• Moneo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What a fancy way to avoid acknowledging the hard truth. Western democracies have failed their “stakeholders” by shunning rail in favour of car centric infrastructure. In doing so they have benefited the auto and oil industries at the expense of the health, safety, and quality of life of everyone.

    North America’s lack of high speed rail is an absolute embarrassment.

    • DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That shows your misunderstanding of who the Western governments think the stakeholders really are. It’s the auto and oil industries. The governments are serving them just fine

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      1 year ago

      China has also built tons of car infrastructure. Gone are the days where millions of Chinese rode bicycles, dominating the streets. Now, millions of bicycles are second to the mighty Chinese car.