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Compare DB vs neighboring SBB (Switzerland‘a trains, possibly the best in Europe or the world). Germany has been ravaged by neoliberalism. underfunding publicl
by wunderland 3y ago
Compare DB vs neighboring SBB (Switzerland‘a trains, possibly the best in Europe or the world). Germany has been ravaged by neoliberalism. underfunding publicly owned services, failing to maintain the infrastructure that is collectively used. This leads to degraded service, which liberals and other right-wingers hold up as an example of the need for privatization because the free market will of course fix these inefficiencies, only to rapidly accelerate the decline of the service.
If you want nice things you have to pay for them. Deutsche Bahn has instead been stripped for parts by the capitalists.
- tbrownaw 3y ago> liberals and other right-wingers ... Is this a case of "words to describe politics mean different things in different countries"?
- wunderland 3y agoYes.
- Georgelemental 3y ago"Liberal" has a long history as an insult used by Communists against non-Communist democrats.
- caput770 3y agoLiberal means the same thing in the U.S. in more left-wing / academic circles => neoliberal capitalists. It depends on if this is left or right of center in your country
- italia_em 3y agoI think it’s more a case of Americans not realizing that their liberal party is rather right-wing, possibly because there’s nothing to the left of it and the US media falsely conflates “liberal” and “left”.
- witchesindublin 3y agoLiberalism is right wing in most of the world.