Okay, so background: I'm your average pro-gun fuck-the-police, fuck-trump zoomer honed by years of unsupervised internet access and I've just discovered this community and started lurking for a while. But I still hold extremely negative views on China, which I still think are justified.
"Which views?" I'll throw them out real quick: child labor! internet censorship! media censorship! anti-LGBTQ! uygher genocide? positive and pro war relations with russia! (because fuck putin)
So I get really confused anytime I see people expressing pro-China sentiments. Have I been spoonfed by the media or are some of these points actually justified?
High speed rail in China in 2008 vs 2020
High speed rail in China now
High speed rail in California in 2008
High speed rail in California now
I fucking love the idea of high speed rail, but it's a shame we refuse to do it. I think this country's infrastructure is an absolute joke. Cars are one of the worst inventions of all time.
The reason the U.S. refuses to do it is :porky-happy:
From airlines lobbying to prevent it to privatized railroads intentionally fucking passenger trains over to politicians bought by corporations, :porky-happy: prefers that you use the least effective, most expensive option that makes them the most amount of money.
Rich people are at the core of yet another problem? :gasp:
On the surface, it's a whole host of separate issues, but when you dig just a little bit deeper it's all capital. $$ :porky-happy: $$