train-shining

  • Gucci_Minh [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    45
    ·
    5 months ago

    Viaducts aren’t even that expensive, its just expensive in america and other western countries because their construction industries have turned into massive embezzlement complexes where layer after layer of subcontractors and consultants all need their cut. 12 years and 30 billion dollars later the 12 construction workers they’ve actually hired manage to finish the work right on time for it to need repairs.

      • Kefla [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        5 months ago

        Now imagine a whole train system with 200 nimby communities along its route.

        And also imagine that none of the people working on it actually care whether it happens, so they’d never break the law to put an end to the infinite work glitch