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high speed rail go brrr (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 years ago by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/memes@slrpnk.net

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[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Its a lot easier when you have slave labor and don't care about the enviroment or human lives

[–] iminahurry@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I understand what this comment is trying to say, but I doubt US is very big on caring about environment. Remind me, how many fracking projects?

[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Remind me of land owner rights in China

[–] Kalpurush@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Private ownership of land shouldn’t exist at the first place

[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Who should it belong to?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Zemes māte, goddess of the earth

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hatsune Miku

[–] unnecessarygoat@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

land shouldn't belong to anybody

[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thank you! Exactly the point I’m making

E: Replied to the wrong comment but mobile won’t let me delete

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It unquestionably is but it sounds like you're implying that high speed rail is some sort of utopian megaproject and not a solved problem of basic, reliable and effective infrastructure that is a great bang for your buck in every country that builds it.

[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I mean we actually own land in the US where it’s not owned by a person in the same sense in China. So it’s easier for the government to cease it and do whatever it wants with it

[–] jormaig@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Spain has the lowest cost per kilometer in the world when it comes to building High Speed train (14.5 million €/km) and they care for the environment and don't have slave labour. Rather, they have very strong unions.

[–] oo1@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Like in Spain with much smaller economy and almost 4 thousand km - admittedly they started back in the 1990s I think.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If that's all it takes why doesn't California have it?

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because they don't have slave labor and they care about the enviroment and human lives. Were you paying attention at all?

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Because they don’t have slave labor

...they don't?

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

There's literally a bill on the floor called the "End Slavery in California Act" a bill that failed last year.