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China is the only country in the world with ambition right now. The west can't build anything anymore.
by rapsey 2y ago
China is the only country in the world with ambition right now. The west can't build anything anymore.
- Abekkus 2y agoTikTok and Fox News and twitter and friends working as intended, sapping ambitions and attention spans and political wills.
- rapsey 2y agoDEI and environmental road blocks come from the other side of the isle.
- loloquwowndueo 2y ago*aisle unless I’m missing something and you’re talking about an actual island?
- consumer451 2y agoDEI is to blame for the lack of infrastructure projects in the USA? Please, do share how this could possibly be connected!
- purple_turtle 2y agoI guess that DEI add some % of paperwork and costs, but it hardly a main problem or cause.
- rapsey 2y agoGoogle: chips act and dei.
- consumer451 2y agoThat's an assignment, not an explanation.
- gosub100 2y agoIts not technically DEI , but if you tried to build a dam in the US some tribe would object it because (of course) that was the site of a sacred burial ground, or it would (allegedly) impact some specific animal that is sacred to them. Then CNN would rail about how the eminent domain "disproportionately affects PoC" and how "far-right congressman Badman voted to cut govbux to the poor women and children affected by this horrible infrastructure project". Of course the energy company would only do it with liberal corporate welfare, awarded only on the condition of guaranteed DEI positions or strong preference toward subcontractors that were "women-owned " or Black owned.
- consumer451 2y agoThat's quite the tale of victimhood!
- gosub100 2y agoTales -> outrage for "victims" -> clicks -> ad revenue. Welcome to the modern news industry.
- purple_turtle 2y ago"anything anymore" is blatant overestimate and mistating the problem. See from space telescopes to Poland catching up after Russian occupation.
- wumeow 2y agoWe’ve flown a drone on Mars. When the west achieves something, the focus is on the thing achieved and not on glory for the Motherland as it is with China.
- disambiguation 2y agoThe west already had its industrial revolution, and it's getting a lot of mileage out of it's infrastructure. China on the other hand is building for the first time, as opposed to updating and maintaining old infra. It's a different problem and cost benefit analysis.