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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Giant infrastructure projects are a weakness of democracies.

What about the high-speed networks in France, Japan, Spain and Germany?

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[–] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

France is smaller than Texas. Every nation you mention was not a democracy during most of their rail construction. It is vastly easier to engage in large construction projects in authoritarian states because you don't have to care about a voting populace.

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[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago

Sorry to bust your bubble but first high speed line in Spain started in 1992. Democracy in Spain started in 1977. And in Germany or France I'm pretty sure high speed trains where made when they were also democracies.

Normal speed rail can handle high speed. They have to build new ones.

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago

All of them were democracies when they built their high speed rail networks.

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