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high speed rail go brrr (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months 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 4 points 11 months 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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months 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 -5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Remind me of land owner rights in China

[–] Kalpurush 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] bestnerd 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Who should it belong to?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Zemes māte, goddess of the earth

[–] Zehzin 1 points 11 months ago

Hatsune Miku

[–] unnecessarygoat -4 points 11 months ago

land shouldn't belong to anybody

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

It's also a lot easier when you cut costs and all the rails will be unused in a few years due to poor construction materials.

Tofu Dreg construction and corruption is very real in China.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

So… like the Musk-man does anyway?