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You're arguing that Americans are fundamentally incompetent and unable to govern themselves.
by jetpks 7y ago
You're arguing that Americans are fundamentally incompetent and unable to govern themselves.
- rayiner 7y agoAmericans are fundamentally incompetent and unable to govern themselves. People keep blaming “Reagan” but it’s blue cities and states where infrastructure projects fail spectacularly. The Second Avenue subway was built in New York not Montana. The California HSR was in California not Texas. These projects are not underfunded. They’re funded more heavily than comparable projects in Europe. They’re also not undertaken by small organizations on shoestring budgets. The NY MTA has a surplus of highly competent career administrators and engineers.
- majormajor 7y ago> The NY MTA has a surplus of highly competent career administrators and engineers. Does it? Or are the competent administrators (and engineers, but particularly the administrators - managing big projects is hard!) all getting paid bank at the most lucrative private companies? If you want transparency and cost effectiveness and speed you need some really fucking good management.
- true_religion 7y agoI wouldn’t argue that. Other countries have similar issues, but either are politically inclined to ignore them Like many west African nations, or simply power through the issue via the strength of their economy like the European powers.