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12 days agomy guy, the usa was built on the shoulders of a robust railway system.
the reason why it wouldn’t work now is because the automotive industry has absolutely ruined everything and americans have been conditioned over many years and multiple generations to regard any form of public service and infrastructure as “bad”, “pointless”, and “for poor people”, and so any attempt to actually modernize and fix any of these issues caused by car-dependency is quickly shut down by the ignorant.
That’s right, it’s a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers!