• HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world
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    People really hate the idea of trains

    Our rail system has been so terrible for so long that people are unable to even consider the possibility that it doesn’t have to be shit

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      10 hours ago

      Huh? Our rail system seems to be just fine. I’m not so hot about the new faster train to Turku though

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      Our rail system

      Living in France and Belgium, I’d argue it’s not that bad. Is this the same “Our”?

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          Yeah people in the US tend to assume everything is about the US. Sometimes it’s good to remind them that other places exist and have internet.

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            At the current rate of acquisition the current US president is attempting there may no longer be other countries, just more states

            Then everyone can think that way

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      I’d wager racism and classism don’t help. “Imagine riding a train with a poor person./s”

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      I love trains, but hate shitty trains. I’ll gladly take a 10 hour train ride instead of a 1 hour flight. But when tens are late, cancelled, delayed by priority cargo trains, etc, it makes me hate trains…

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        It doesn’t make me hate trains, it makes me hate the car and aviation industries for influencing governments and the general public.

        In Canada trains suck in general because of all you mentioned, but I’m aware that it’s caused by putting all of our money into highways, airports and the aviation industry, rather than putting a single dollar into owning and building more tracks.

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          There was a time when it nearly went the other way, but people loved their cars too much to be able to see the future hellscape nearly 300 million cars on today’s roads would create