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    11 months ago

    US policy towards the apartheid in South Africa changed over the years. This highlights the importance of being open minded!

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      The US supported apartheid in South Africa until the bitter end, even when the rest of the world stood in opposition to it. Nelson Mandela was considered a terrorist until 2008.

      Your government gets a lot wrong. So I can safely ignore it.

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        11 months ago

        The beauty of a democratic government is the nature of shifts in policy. It may not be able to act as swiftly as an authoritarian regime, but it does allow all sides to get their time to share input. I’ve never claimed the US to be the arbitor of morality, they’ve made their fair share of mistakes. Fortunately the democratic process allows us to Garner a better understanding as a whole, and thus work towards the solutions that being forth the most common good. Very utilitarian in nature.

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          Enjoy your democracy while I enjoy my high speed rail. At least until Israel orders you to bomb us.

          After traveling to the US once and actually having the Acela train I was on die during the trip, is plenty of argument against whatever political system you have

          Watch Saudi’s HSR and weep https://youtu.be/uXtaWSnmvTg

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            11 months ago

            High Speed Rail is in a Renaissance phase here in the US, it’s incredibly exciting! I’m not sure how this fits the current discourse here though.

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              My brother in Zeus. Saudi’s HSR started after and finished before California’s HSR. Your government would sooner loot the project for copper wires and steel beams to sell, so that it has money to send to Israel, than allow it to finish.

              Your entire government’s purpose is to finance and aid Israel, everything else is coincidental.

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                11 months ago

                Well there’s a difference in governance. If the US was not a democracy with protections for private property, HSR would’ve likely been complete. Not to mention the vast differences in terrain which pose difficult engineering questions to be answered.

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                    11 months ago

                    Well more specifically it’s a democratic republic, which would answer this question, however the future will likely bring change as votes are cast!