And the West does? Hmm, you learn something new every day.
Comment on Too bad we can't have good public transportation
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yes, but.
It’s China. I guarantee you that loads of people got fucked over one way or the other for this improvement. The Chinese government usually doesn’t care much for the rights and lives of the individuals
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
ThatKomputerKat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah. Absolutely nothing bad happened to anyone in the rollout of the interstate Highway system. /s
darkangelazuarl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Or the US rail system that used exploited labor to build it out.
Taldan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Plenty of people got fucked over for America’s interstate system. You just don’t care about them because they’re poor minorities
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
One of the reasons it was built was to demolish black neighborhoods.
Mniot@programming.dev 1 day ago
Are you suggesting that’s why the US hasn’t improved trains? Is there something about train improvements specifically that you think is harmful?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
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Wut
You read that and were like “who cares about human lives and rights, why doesn’t he want trains?”
Yeah, love trains, and as far as I’m concerned the US can replace all its highways with trains
But not at the expense of a couple of humans per kilometers because the government doesn’t give a shit, or worse, you’re an Uyghur
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You say that, but medical debt? Homelessness? Ice concentration camps for brown people? Highest incarceration rates, social credit (credit score), pedophile leaders…
Europeans, feel free to complain about China. Americans have no right to complain about China.
Not to be a tankie, but China taking over the US government would be an improvement
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Hate to say it, but unironically, they would be better off under communist China.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The bar is so fucking low.