I actually posted something about this kind of thing recently but it looks like somebody else beat me to it!

  • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I remember once talking with an engineer, and he was rqgging on the US electric infrastructure, he said: "their infrastructure is old and they literally have no redundancies, because that would be communism, so if anyone destroys any part of the system (insulation on towers, transformers, etc.) the consequences are much more horrible than in a normal country" He also talked about how mafia-like dealing with US bureocracy was.

      • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I honestly have forgotten the exact stuff, but I you had to sent blueprints and everything in obscure US formats or they would end up not accepted and everything needed to be in fax or post something equally strange, i guess the mafia-like refers to personal interactions.