We’re all in on the culture war now

  • @[email protected]
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    1041 year ago

    Letting people travel “how they want” he says while cancelling new train lines for those who wants to use that. The blokes a disengenuious wanker who we can’t be rid of quick enough.

    • @Aux
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      -881 year ago

      That’s why railways should be privatised.

      • @[email protected]
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        481 year ago

        Typical conservative strategy:

        • Public thing exists
        • Become a lead weight in government so public thing gets underfunded and cannot adapt to market changes.
        • Public thing no longer meets expectations.
        • “See? It should be privatized and you won’t have this issue”
        • Privatize thing. A few people make a crap load of money in the transition. Thing starts out acceptable for the first few years.
        • “Oh no, capitalism uses an infinite growth ponzi model. How do we increase shareholder value this year?”
        • Private thing gets underfunded and consumers get manipulated and abused.

        Are we winning yet?

        • @Aux
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          -91 year ago

          Wut?

      • @[email protected]
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        421 year ago

        Absolutely fucking not. Privatisation is literally the worst thing you could do. Do we really want some random assholes to own something we rely on and try to squeeze it for as much profit as possible? I don’t, fuck capitalism

        • @Aux
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          -111 year ago

          Absolutely fucking yes! Nationalised railways never work.

          • @Specal
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            31 year ago

            Except they do and are

            • @Aux
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              -11 year ago

              Except they don’t.

                • @Aux
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                  11 year ago

                  Britain has nationalised railways since 1940-s and they’ve been in a desperate state ever since. The biggest railway nationalisation experiment turned out to be the biggest flop.

                  • @Specal
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                    01 year ago

                    That’s an option, not proof.

      • @Gabu
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        361 year ago

        Privatized public transportation rarely works. At most you’ll find some success stories of companies that partnered with a government to jointly service a transportation line.

        • @Aux
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          -251 year ago

          No, it always works. Nationalised transport doesn’t work though.

          • @[email protected]
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            201 year ago

            Thanks for providing these examples. They completely changed my mind about public transportation privatization

            • @Aux
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              -121 year ago

              The example is across the channel - the whole of EU. And Japan as well. One must blind to think that nationalised transport can work.

              • @[email protected]
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                71 year ago

                In France, nationalized transport worked for decades before rail was opened to private compagnies circa 2014 (would have to check exactly). Since then, no one has been able to afford a train ticket. You have no idea what you’re talking about

              • @Elivey
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                41 year ago

                Japan literally has privatized roads and it’s kind of a nightmare. You have to pay tolls for nearly all highway transportation because it’s owned by 3 companies.

                Yeah, privatization is great…

      • @[email protected]
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        331 year ago

        Didn’t England already go through that, and wasn’t it a complete failure ? someone knowledgeable quick please

        • @[email protected]
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          161 year ago

          Relevant video: https://youtu.be/DlTq8DbRs4k?si=y-muiI81MKk3gin0

          Privatized railways are mostly failures most of the time. Besides Brightline, and I think a bunch of the Japanese railway companies, no nation really has privatized passenger rail. But I think the Japanese system has a weird setup.

          Actually, I think Italy and Germany have started allowing private companies to operate on their railways, but I think they need to fit it between the nationalized services. I could be wrong about that tho.

        • @Aux
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          -41 year ago

          Not really. British railways are 100% nationalised. All privatisation efforts have failed.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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        241 year ago

        I disagree. Aside from privately owned Brightline who already owns the land around their stations, owns their tracks, and has a lot of incentive to expand their coverage, I have not heard of a single other piece of privatized infrastructure that actually benefits the users or actively engages in expansion