• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    1 month ago

    I upvoted both of you because building necessary infrastructure at a loss because the people need it sounds an awful lot like communism and we all know what Sino means

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      1 month ago

      They don’t need it though, China already had a very robust traditional passenger rail network which is the primary reason many of these high speed lines are hemorrhaging money: people aren’t willing to pay the increased cost for a high speed ticket