• DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      10? Try 50. The first Shinkansen launched in 1964. In a country that had two nuclear bombs dropped on it only 19 years earlier.

      In Europe this triggered a spree of building to stay relevant. In the US we were still letting Robert Moses style development create an ecological nightmare.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Robert Moses should be held up as contender for one of the prime architects of the collapse.

        Like how Rome had the lead pipes, America has Robert Fucking Moses.

    • kronkfresh [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      not if America pulled their heads out of their asses and tried to cooperate with the rest of the world instead of bombing their way to freedom