• filcuk@lemmy.zip
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    I have heard that China has made significant efforts in this area, but that really is a massive change in just over a decade.
    Meanwhile, the UK will take as long to build a single high-speed line.

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      UK deliberately defunded their HR connection between Manchester and London. The Tories sold off the land in a rapid auction, just to make sure Labour couldn’t take over and finish the job after the next election.

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          I guess paying for labour isn’t something that can happen, it has to be slaves.

          Well the US has slavery for prisoners(13th amendment), yet STILL no modern rail infrastructure.

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            I guess paying for labour isn’t something that can happen

            In China, the only time you get a good thing is if someone does ten bad things.

            Well the US has slavery for prisoners(13th amendment), yet STILL no modern rail infrastructure.

            A small price to pay for Christianity, Liberty, and Prosperity

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        The secret to it being affordable, doesn’t mean it can’t be done any other way. Authoritarian government also helped a lot in getting it done this fast but still doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Just not as fast and as cheap as China did.