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Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada

TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I do think there needs to be a shift in how the government invests in this country, but the answer isn’t “let’s go authoritarian”. Governments need to stop looking for big, complicated answers though and realize that production and growth comes from within, and improving mobility increases production, simple as that. You can invest in industries till the cows come home, but the optics of giving tax breaks and incentives to companies when it takes John 2 hours to drive to work is never going to be good.

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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Bet money America’s interstate highway system would not pass today’s Congress. And can you imagine conservatives bitching about the spend?!

The construction of the Interstate Highway System cost approximately $114 billion (equivalent to $618 billion in 2023)…

For non-Americans, our interstate highways are federally funded, safe, consistently engineered and tie the country together. If interstates magically disappeared, our economy would collapse within a month.

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- humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Interstate highway is oil. Interstate highway is love.
  
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- corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  can you imagine conservatives bitching about the spend?!
  
  Nonsense. They wouldn’t even know that ‘spend’ isn’t a noun when you’re not on the car lot. #soFetch
  
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NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

improving mobility increases production

Can you restate that in a way that makes it clear that the billionaire class will be able to utilize the project to rape and pillage society and increase income inequity? Otherwise, I don’t see how anyone can support it.

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humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I do think there needs to be a shift in how the government invests in this country, but the answer isn’t “let’s go authoritarian”.

In the end, its more about getting things done, and investing in society, rather than how strongly you can shout your opinion about transgender folk. A government that invests in society is one not focused on either enriching itself, or cutting all social spending to fund tax cuts for oligarchs. When the only acts we/society/rulers ever implement is giveaways to their sponsors, you could think about your programming that tells you your rulership is the best system of all.

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