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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[–] 11 points 3 months ago

The dutch railroads run on capitalism.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago (1 child)

    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 3 months ago

    I’m gonna go rewatch who framed Roger rabbit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

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

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months 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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