Rail barons in the 1880s (cartoon from the 1880s of a rail baron (Harriman Railroads) eating multiple rail tracks, vs US railroad map in 2026, vs Europe map of railroads in 2026 showing the difference. ‘Capitalism is good for the people’

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[–] 27 points 1 month ago* (9 children)

TBF Europe has been mostly capitalistic for a while now. Germany's national identiy is like half "we build cars" and yet it's the center of that gigantic railway cluster (which kind of sucks currently, because of the aforementioned "we build cars" identity and the capitalism).

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  • [+] [S] -15 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Tbf, many of the densest countries on that map have been socialist for a while.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    huh? name socialist country in Europe please

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    I assume they're talking about the eastern block, i.e. "they have been but aren't anymore". 1945-1990 is a longer time than 1990-2026.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    The dutch railroads run on capitalism.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Musk and his kind are the top picture. The US will not benefit from his company’s tech. Socialist systems might, eventually.

    Musk is a robber baron on a massive scale.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Not really defending our horrid rail system here, but there is a massive amount of rail line missing from the US map. I work in logistics, I do a lot of rail related work.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I’m gonna go rewatch who framed Roger rabbit.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Sure would be great if the US map was all passenger rail.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Europe has a thing called solidarism, but capitalism starts to win here too...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    And European trains go fast right? Tell me they go fast. I just looked up the train ride from philly to nashville, 33 fucking hours and I have to switch trains once. Its not even that far! Guess Im fucking flying.

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