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Nathan J Robinson takes another step toward tankie Stalinism smdh (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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First he purged rightist employees (even his friends) working at Current Affairs to consolidate an editorial line under his leadership, now he reposts in support of Dengist developmentalism.

The libertarian socialist to Leninist pipeline is real.

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[–] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

There are plenty of places in the US that high speed rail would make sense. Even in places you wouldn't expect it. A bunch of regional airports pretty much just shuttle to nearby hubs and would be way more convenient for people if it was just a train. Take CLT to GSP or GSO. SBA to LAS. High speed rail would make a lot of sense there even if they're low density suburbs like the first example.

At least in fantasy land where it doesn't cost $1T worth of graft to build anything in this godforsaken country sadness-abysmal

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I'm more pointing out that the geography based argument is easier to dupe people with in the USA. The central point is that the capitalists don't want HSR, and are happy to use geography as a scapegoat, and frankly if the American public become so well educated as to reject that idea, they're likely to go straight to revolution. High speed rail would be an unalloyed good for the US working class, which is the #1 reason it's not happening without some serious social reorganisation.

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