That's contrary to the reality. I live in a country sometimes described as the most successful communist country in the world, and our people's revolutionary tr

That's contrary to the reality. I live in a country sometimes described as the most successful communist country in the world, and our people's revolutionary train system is miles ahead anyone else's. "Communist" description is mere irony by the way. I think allowing market principle to self-regulate cost performance of infrastructure investment has its own merits, but large scale infrastructure like train systems is not something that a commercial entity such as a train operators to just passively and inevitably move towards greater societal goals by nearsighted means of quarterly paperclipping, it's something that totaritalian subsidy and control could yield great results.