Tankiedesantski [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 11 months ago"If trains were first invented today, they would never be built. No rail-less nations are building rail networks. No, China doesn't count because they're the Paragon of poor economic choices."imagemessage-square77 fedilinkarrow-up1141file-text
arrow-up1141image"If trains were first invented today, they would never be built. No rail-less nations are building rail networks. No, China doesn't count because they're the Paragon of poor economic choices."Tankiedesantski [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 11 months agomessage-square77 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareboiledfrog [he/him, undecided]hexbear36·edit-211 months ago hills or mountains Switzerland famous for not having trains Also, as if digging through hills and mountains has ever been an issue since the invention of dynamite. link
minus-squarewtypstanaccount04 [he/him]hexbear26·11 months agoJapan, famous for not having trains link
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]cakehexbear10·11 months agoAmerical railways are in such shit condition and so poorly used, that 'figured it out' may be a bit too much. link
minus-squaresooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]hexbear15·11 months agoAmerica is so trash at building trains that they needed the Chinese to do it even back in the 1800s link
minus-squareCrushKillDestroySwaghexbear9·edit-211 months agoPrior to World War II, we had it figured out. The destruction of "it" was an intentional political project (insert comparison maps of a major city's trolley lines in 1921 compared to 2021 here). link
Switzerland famous for not having trains
Also, as if digging through hills and mountains has ever been an issue since the invention of dynamite.
Japan, famous for not having trains
Fuck the US even figured it out
Americal railways are in such shit condition and so poorly used, that 'figured it out' may be a bit too much.
America is so trash at building trains that they needed the Chinese to do it even back in the 1800s
Prior to World War II, we had it figured out. The destruction of "it" was an intentional political project (insert comparison maps of a major city's trolley lines in 1921 compared to 2021 here).