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And yet modern day would be impossible if we bulldozed all our roads, highways, and rail. That stuff needed massive government investment.
by ianai 4y ago
And yet modern day would be impossible if we bulldozed all our roads, highways, and rail. That stuff needed massive government investment.
- johngladtj 4y agoDid it need that investment? Do you believe that such infrastructure did not exist prior to government? Who do you think funded the first railroads exactly? Hint: if you think it was the government I suggest you start studying the railroad bubbles of the 1830s and 1840s
- aeternum 4y agoInterestingly, the Nordic countries (often used as examples of ideal socialism), have a high percentage of private roads. Might actually work better than the national infrastructure approach: https://devoelmoorecenter.com/2018/02/28/why-the-u-s-should-adopt-the-nordic-approach-to-private-roads/ https://devoelmoorecenter.com/2018/02/28/why-the-u-s-should-... Also, nationalizing passenger rail travel in the US (Amtrak) seems to have led to one of the worst passenger rail services in the world.
- apelapan 4y agoThe private roads in Sweden tend to be gravel tracks serving a handful of households. Or logging roads. Some exceptions exist with paved networks of small, suburban streets, but there the "arteries" are still typically public. And there are private railroads that connect a single industry or mine to the public network. If you are on a paved road, wide enough for two cars to meet, it is almost certainly public.