• 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.