So I'm not the first person to point out that socialist love trains. In fact, it was one of Jeremy Corbyn's main promises to improve British trains by cutting the private middle man. I think the reason socialists love trains is because their disappearance, once you understand the history behind their decline, is very Hegelian and follows the logical path most people have to take to be socialists anyway. Thinking it goes like this

I like trains Sad I don't see many in my area. But why is that? When I see old pictures, movies, and so on trains are so ubiquitous that they play massive roles in a lot of daily travel. Why are they gone? Ohh, because of the highway system. Still though, trains cause less pollution, are faster, and there's no traffic. Why did we prioritize cars which are better suited for local-travel but not much for anything more? Right because car manufactures are massive and have powerful lobbies. Wait, why are they so massive and have powerful lobbies? There was this one weirdo on my train forum that said something about companies paying workers very meagerly compared to the value they give, and selling goods at massively inflated prices for extra profit to entice investors. That can't be it can it? That seems like it, and none of the other explanations seen to be relatable or based in practical reality. So if I want trains I must weaken or abolish car companies. Wait, what'll happen to the hundreds of thousands of people whose jobs are in that? Surely there's some group of people looking out for them. We won't let entire cities go to waste right? Ohh, no one is looking out for them. In fact they all got replaced by robots and some of the work is being done in Mexico and Asia. Wait, why Mexico and Asia? Ohh, because they get paid a lot less and the factories are more hazardous therefore cheaper to maintain. Well with all the money they're saving cars should get cheaper. Wait they're getting more expensive now? This entire system is arbitrary and convoluted. Wait, if all those people's livelihoods and communities can be so casually tossed aside and those companies not only face no consequences but actively get awarded with more political power and money, what's stopping the company I work for from just doing the same thing? I just do _____ for 8+ hours every day, a robot can really do that all day if someone programs it/this workplace can be sent to a third world country where those people aren't even given the protective gear I get. If I not only wanna ride the choo choo, but also ensure I don't just randomly get thrown in the trash to appease a couple dudes I don't even like, I must abolish or at least significantly weaken the system that does that. Why are people calling me socialist? Is that what that was? I thought they like, ate babies or whatever. I believe all these things, and socialist is getting thrown around at people much less mad about this than I am, so I guess that word doesn't even have any meaning at this point.

How do you think that pipeline is laid?