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I mean, they built the world's largest high speed rail network pretty damn quickly.
by xvf22 5y ago
I mean, they built the world's largest high speed rail network pretty damn quickly.
- cdstyh 5y agoThat had always been the advantage of communism and dictatorships. When something needs to be done, you can just force people to do it.
- DashAnimal 5y agoWho was forced to work on the high speed rail? Do you have a source?
- neartheplain 5y agoMaybe GP meant forced in the sense of giving right-of-way, which is arguably the biggest impediment to long distance rail construction. As of this January, California's High Speed Rail project still did not have all necessary right-of-ways [0]. [0] https://www.city-journal.org/high-costs-construction-delays-plague-ca-high-speed-rail https://www.city-journal.org/high-costs-construction-delays-...