I knew something bad would happen, but I thought it would take way longer than a couple of months.
This has been bound to happen for years, there have already been several derailments for similar reasons, just not containing tens of thousands of liters of hazardous chemicals. The strike was really way past the point where something needed to be changed about the operation of these trains. My brother and one of my close friends have both left the railroad industry in the last 3-5 years, and they would both talk often about how dangerous the trains were becoming. They were both safety inspectors, one a rail inspector and the other a traincar inspector
There's a good episode of The Antifada with Justin from Well There's Your Problem, who is a big trains nut. He goes into detail about how the rail service has been in a tailspin for decades now.
Episode 199 I think.
yep here's what I could find
https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/ep-199-goddamn-you-rail-emperors-w-justin-roczniak/id1372879721?i=1000587953474
https://rss.com/podcasts/the-antifada/796723/
That's the bunny. I think the meat is in the first part, the second part is a Patreon extra were they talk about workplace injuries and close scrapes.
plays Shake Hands With Danger
Reddit is telling me biden did nothing wrong and it’s all trumps fault and I’m inclined to agree with them, Reddit is so enlightened and has the best takes guys. My entire belief system is based off reddit posts, :among-drip:
love the fucking reddit libs posting about trump's relaxation of safety regs while not having long enough memory for obama's contribution to the conditions. And i'm sure it goes back to ronnie or carter, but even I don't have time for that
motherfuckers don't even remember the strike Biden crushed two months ago.
well we've been fucking around for centuries. This happens to be a decade where we find out
It's kind of wild how the fucking around and the finding out are no longer decades apart, but a matter of days.
