Comment on Too bad we can't have good public transportation

dan69@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean this is sorta one of the things an autocracy does well. You might get substandard work and a lot of graft but when the order comes down no one gets to complain when they run a train line through your house.

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  • AppleTea@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    actually, they do get to complain

    mirror.co.uk/…/chinas-extraordinary-nail-houses-s…

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• bountygiver@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And then turn a blind eye to all the broken stuff because “we have been living with it so it’s not broken”

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• darthelmet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Then there’s “if it ain’t broke… how can we break it to extract a few extra bucks from it?”

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