> As a society, the US has shifted its values from intellectually sound principles, to what ever rich people shout out. Nothing exemplifies this as much as the

> As a society, the US has shifted its values from intellectually sound principles, to what ever rich people shout out. Nothing exemplifies this as much as the whole situation surrounding public transport in the US. A topic that's generally scoffed at "Everybody has a car, why would the US need a high-speed rail network?!" At least until some billionaire presents his newest "innovation" by putting people in some pipe or another and allegedly making them go 600+ mph with magic inertia dampeners, then everybody loses their their collective poop about this amazing idea, by that amazing entrepreneur! Then they end up with a bunch of cars being driven trough a tunnel, still no high-speed rail, but can't wait to chase after the next billionaire promising them to shoot people trough tubes at deadly speeds. Would be excellent satire if it wasn't actual reality.