• @woelkchen
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    1453 months ago

    The main failing here in the US though is that rail maintenance falls to rail companies that have little financial incentives to spend the money on safety. That may be changing, however if the federal government just hands over money with inadequate oversight it will just enrich the companies.

    Sounds almost as if critical infrastructure should be owned by the public.

      • Miles O'Brien
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        183 months ago

        I can’t wait until Mccarthy has his final death and nobody remembers him anymore…

        • @[email protected]
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          163 months ago

          Need to remember the bastards to remember to piss on their graves.

          Much as I understand your sentiment, I think it’s important to remember the people who did horrible things like McCarthy, and use him as a warning to our younger generations who didn’t see the problems they created.

          You know, and the grave pissing.

          • Miles O'Brien
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            3 months ago

            Thanks to how history is being recorded, there’s no chance that he will be forgotten until civilization collapses.

            I wouldn’t want history to actually forget any shitty person (or good person) because that makes it way easier for someone with similar ideals to take power again.

            It’s more the sentiment.

            I have a metaphorical bucket of piss just for Margaret Thatcher. 26+6=1

      • @woelkchen
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        53 months ago

        But that stinks of communism, doesn’t it… 😄

        Sprinkle a bit of communism on that capitalism.

      • @woelkchen
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        33 months ago

        Check out that last link I posted there

        I wasn’t disagreeing with you, I was making an (hopefully) entertaining comment.

        • @horse_battery_staple
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          13 months ago

          No disagreement inferred! Just playing along and pointing out the last link to those that may not get to it is all. I’ll just go back to doomscrolling election predictions and lamenting our lack of RCV here in the states.

    • @XeroxCool
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      33 months ago

      Conrail has left the chat.