Proof it can be done - if we had the will.
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command economies: they get the job done!
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And spent over $1 billion in planning and public outreach.
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tired of being compared to China. I'd rather live in a country where laborers aren't essentially enslaved than one with lots of trains.
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The working class scraping by in the US look “essentially enslaved” enough to me...
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China did so on the backs of very cheap labour working under dangerous/deadly conditions.
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France built high speed rail for 1/10th what it's projected to cost in CA, and they have stronger unions than the US. Labor cost isn't the problem. https://hmmdaily.com/2019/02/15/americas-signature-mode-of-transportation-is-high-cost-rail/ …
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Labor is cheaper in China
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I'd like to understand how this transforms Fresno. Commuting to the Bay area daily for work? Moving goods? Second homes? It seems like a formula for raising property values without a connected rise in local supporting wages. Good for developers, clearly.
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Of course there’s a difference when a country (China) doesn’t care about the people or environment they are displacing
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