It is now five years later and the disparity between the US and China in this respect has only gotten worse. But hey, that's a good thing right?
It is now five years later and the disparity between the US and China in this respect has only gotten worse. But hey, that's a good thing right?
Unironically it is good that America is shitty and inefficient. A weak evil empire is preferable to a strong evil empire.
Agreed. May AmeriKKKa never have high speed rail, never re-industrialize, and continue to have its infrastructure crumble, further and further, until it undergoes the revolutionary change necessary for socialism and de-colonization. If it takes 100 years (hopefully not, doubt it'll has half that lifespan left), so be it- the empire's decay is an undeniably good thing for humanity.
I don't know if the lack of public infrastructure keeps the country weak. It helps keep the inhabitants poor, separated, and not rioting. That's the main function of it. You know why there are no trains? Because the feds and rich don't want poor people moving around in groups. They want people stuck in one spot and never sharing a breathing zone with someone wealthier.
in any case I don't know if the things America needs to exert global dominance are related to its internal infrastructure at all. Manufacturing is done overseas. Most Americans have jobs that are pointless. The entire economy runs on real estate scams and complicated logistics chains the rely on things cheap Honduran labor. America exerts dominance through lines of credit and dumping tax money into aircraft carriers.