Capitalism. In the US, people serve the economy (the rich). And in China, the economy serves the people. It just doesn’t make financial sense. While it does make sense as a service to the people and environment.
Successful-Spot-6567 on
The Chinese economy is structured so that building infrastructure like this isn’t expensive but the purchasing power of the individual is suppressed.
Intelligent_Teach247 on
Do oligarchs take trains?
Then you have your answer.
-SOFA-KING-VOTE- on
Republicans
ChalkLicker on
An inordinate amount of power in the hands of senators from rural states who represent a fraction of the US population.
Equivalent-Excuse-80 on
Democracy.
China can expand on infrastructure much faster and for far less expenses. China doesn’t have democrat processes of local politicians fighting against infrastructure or negotiating the purview and scope of the project.
And finally labor. The Chinese can just conscript its laborers, no unions and they can pay what they want.
A dictatorship is the most *efficient* form of governance, but is rarely benevolent and while infrastructure projects can be completed without the hassles of liberal democracy, there are far more drawbacks.
thehourglasses on
Car companies have lobbied for ages against public transportation infrastructure. By granting their wish, we’ve created a system whereby a car is almost a requirement just to participate in the economy. What’s worse, municipalities have sacrificed a ton of what would otherwise be tax-productive land for the benefit of drivers. Parking lots don’t generate tax revenue, and are often overbuilt to handle spikes in demand. It’s a massive waste because they aren’t always being used at full capacity.
ProgressMedium2172 on
Will the oligarchs make money?
Alias-Q on
Oil companies and their tremendous greedy desire to profit, resulting in them lobbying the government to prevent other solutions from being developed….
RokD313 on
Republicans
Admin_istrator on
Fresh air inside
Paranoid__Android on
Imagination.
Entitlement
Ugly-And-Fat on
Did you see the video of the man who stabbed the woman in the neck with a pocket knife on the light rail in Charlotte, NC? We can’t have nice things here.
donquizo on
Auto industry greed
hillbillychef92 on
Conservatives
LuluMcGu on
They won’t do anything to benefit the average American. Only rich donors.
You have explained, what is the state of China metro sistem at the currently,..
BB_the_Dweeb on
Spending taxpayer funds on global “priorities” rather than domestic.
HOLDstrongtoPLUTO on
Land Value Tax fixes this. Instead of landlords pocketing 100% of the economic rent from land speculation amd rent seeking a lot of that profit would go into public infrastructure since the community built that value, not the landlord.
Fluffy_Carpenter1377 on
We don’t like each other enough to share the same means of transportation. That divide is exactly what politicians and oligarchs exploit to preserve the status quo. The same tactic is used to undermine or eliminate social benefits by keeping people separated and manageable.
Puzzleheaded-Bat6344 on
It’s “citizens veto” nimbyism — anyone in the US can stop project by suing over iffy environmental issues
FinerGamerBros on
These aren’t immediately profitable or sometimes never profitable so even if long term it creates localized growth America won’t do it because everyone, republicans and democrats will never fund it.
watch_out_4_snakes on
Seriously? Have you consumed any US political news in the last 4 decades?
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Capitalism. In the US, people serve the economy (the rich). And in China, the economy serves the people. It just doesn’t make financial sense. While it does make sense as a service to the people and environment.
The Chinese economy is structured so that building infrastructure like this isn’t expensive but the purchasing power of the individual is suppressed.
Do oligarchs take trains?
Then you have your answer.
Republicans
An inordinate amount of power in the hands of senators from rural states who represent a fraction of the US population.
Democracy.
China can expand on infrastructure much faster and for far less expenses. China doesn’t have democrat processes of local politicians fighting against infrastructure or negotiating the purview and scope of the project.
And finally labor. The Chinese can just conscript its laborers, no unions and they can pay what they want.
A dictatorship is the most *efficient* form of governance, but is rarely benevolent and while infrastructure projects can be completed without the hassles of liberal democracy, there are far more drawbacks.
Car companies have lobbied for ages against public transportation infrastructure. By granting their wish, we’ve created a system whereby a car is almost a requirement just to participate in the economy. What’s worse, municipalities have sacrificed a ton of what would otherwise be tax-productive land for the benefit of drivers. Parking lots don’t generate tax revenue, and are often overbuilt to handle spikes in demand. It’s a massive waste because they aren’t always being used at full capacity.
Will the oligarchs make money?
Oil companies and their tremendous greedy desire to profit, resulting in them lobbying the government to prevent other solutions from being developed….
Republicans
Fresh air inside
Imagination.
Entitlement
Did you see the video of the man who stabbed the woman in the neck with a pocket knife on the light rail in Charlotte, NC? We can’t have nice things here.
Auto industry greed
Conservatives
They won’t do anything to benefit the average American. Only rich donors.
this:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zKA3VgP6c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zKA3VgP6c)
You have explained, what is the state of China metro sistem at the currently,..
Spending taxpayer funds on global “priorities” rather than domestic.
Land Value Tax fixes this. Instead of landlords pocketing 100% of the economic rent from land speculation amd rent seeking a lot of that profit would go into public infrastructure since the community built that value, not the landlord.
We don’t like each other enough to share the same means of transportation. That divide is exactly what politicians and oligarchs exploit to preserve the status quo. The same tactic is used to undermine or eliminate social benefits by keeping people separated and manageable.
It’s “citizens veto” nimbyism — anyone in the US can stop project by suing over iffy environmental issues
These aren’t immediately profitable or sometimes never profitable so even if long term it creates localized growth America won’t do it because everyone, republicans and democrats will never fund it.
Seriously? Have you consumed any US political news in the last 4 decades?
Money and greed. Tale as old as time.
Auto and oil company lobbying money