If you compare these actually objectivly then things arent that clear. Great, lots of environmental laws that ... prevent a train line that is objectivly great

If you compare these actually objectivly then things arent that clear. Great, lots of environmental laws that ... prevent a train line that is objectivly great for the envoirnment. The simple fact is, China transportation system is better for the actual environment. Worker protection, ok, US worker protection globally known for being great? If im China a train-line is built 10x as fast, then even assuming higher insure rate, the overall project might be safer. Lets talk salary. Are US workers that work on CHSR better paid relative to other jobs in the economy compared to China? Did China use ultra cheap slave labor? Can you actually show that its the actual workers who benefit from this 10x cost upgrade? Private property isnt absolute. The US can take property if required. And happly did so and still does so for highway expantion. Japan on the other hand has less ability to do it and still manage to build trains. Im not sure how exactly this works in China. But just saying 'private property' isnt actually great analysis. Can you objectivly show that people on the path of CHSR were objectivly better of then those that had property along a line in China. And even if so, how much of the cost does that actually explain. You can look at any number of statistics in regards to infrastructure spending efficency. The US does then to be very high.