Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago"If trains were first invented today, they would never be built. No rail-less nations are building rail networks. No, China doesn't count because they're the Paragon of poor economic choices."hexbear.netimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1image"If trains were first invented today, they would never be built. No rail-less nations are building rail networks. No, China doesn't count because they're the Paragon of poor economic choices."hexbear.netTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAmerical railways are in such shit condition and so poorly used, that ‘figured it out’ may be a bit too much.
minus-squaresooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoAmerica is so trash at building trains that they needed the Chinese to do it even back in the 1800s
minus-squareCrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoPrior to World War II, we had it figured out. The destruction of “it” was an intentional political project (insert comparison maps of a major city’s trolley lines in 1921 compared to 2021 here).
Americal railways are in such shit condition and so poorly used, that ‘figured it out’ may be a bit too much.
America is so trash at building trains that they needed the Chinese to do it even back in the 1800s
Prior to World War II, we had it figured out. The destruction of “it” was an intentional political project (insert comparison maps of a major city’s trolley lines in 1921 compared to 2021 here).