The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees.

Apparently all Musk wanted to do with this was undercut any attempts at high speed rail in California.

        • ComradeSalad
          121·
          2 years ago

          That’s compared to the third largest country in the world. California is a country in itself.

            • ComradeSalad
              11·
              2 years ago

              True, but 98% of that land is uninhabitable/uninhabited. If counted the area where you have more then one person per 200 miles, Australia would be much much smaller then California. The entire population is centered in 5 cities. Which is reflected pretty decently with the Australian population being 10 million people less then California.

              It’s like how Canada is the second largest country in the world, but no one takes them seriously because it’s all uninhabited wastes.

              I was referring more to African and European states.

                • somename [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  5·
                  2 years ago

                  Idk where you’re going with this. California could be a pretty regular medium sized country by size. Obviously it’s not, but it’s not that big of a deal lol.

                • ComradeSalad
                  2·
                  2 years ago

                  I’m not an American, smartass. Maybe you can do some self crit as to why you’re so hostile about absolutely nothing.

    • Shrike502
      13·
      2 years ago

      Can’t have the golden boy take a hit to his reputation

        • Shrike502
          4·
          2 years ago

          Yup. Or “it was remotely detonated and achieved the mission parameters”

    • albigu
      10·
      2 years ago

      I was so hopeful some really angry train nerd would try to find a random unguarded section of the tube and shoot at it with a handgun, causing billions in damages.

        • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          10·
          2 years ago

          The most hardline devoted communists/anarchists/etc who would be most likely to commit ideological terrorism are familiar with the historical failures of adventurism, so they don’t do it. Another big factor is that corporate boardrooms, mansions, yachts, etc, are much more difficult to gain access to than driving down to the nearest wal-mart and opening fire on random poor people. Lastly I’d say people with left-ish political views tend to generally believe suffering inc death/murder is bad and are just less violent in general.

          I do assume some attempts are made and we just don’t hear about it though. Like, there have to have been assassination attempts by chuds on Biden (and Obama before him), right? It’s just suppressed so as to not give people ideas. Stands to reason the same thing would apply the other direction.

        • albigu
          4·
          2 years ago

          I believe part of the reason is that effective leftist (non-anarchist) gun activism mostly revolves around self-defence organisations (think BPP or AIM) rather than combat or terrorism. And history has shown that even the slightest signal of successful organisation from marginalised groups in the US having guns will trigger the most violent of reactions from the State and bourgeois media.

          Another part is how hard it is to have access to the ruling class or their lackeys. You’ll probably never run into a board member of Amazon or Lockheed Martin on the streets (and they’re usually not very well known). My hypothetical train nerd would have a lot of trouble trying to locate and enact the Trolley Problem on US Secretary of Transportation (and Mayo) Pete Buttigieg, even after the East Palestine derailment earlier this year or strike block last year.

          But it’s always worth remembering that the USA has enacted the most all-encompassing surveillance state in history, even if they sometimes suffer from the typical imperialist incompetence form hubris. Most adventurist plots are probably silently caught before the plans are put into motion.

        • PeeOnYou [he/him]
          4·
          2 years ago

          i always wonder the same… like why shoot up schools, bars, marathons, etc when there are fortune 1000 companies everywhere

          also nobody would be too upset if someone took a politician or two with them if they were just going to off themselves

    • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I came up with the idea for the hyperloop when I was 12. At no point did I delude myself into thinking it was anything but a goofy sci-fi technology that would remain completely unviable for a very long time.

    • neocamel@lemmy.studio
      28·
      2 years ago

      smartphones, space travel, organ transplants, & instant global communication have entered the chat.

      • Sodium_nitride
        181·
        2 years ago

        1. Smartphones were not invented in one go. They were the result of decades of advancement in computer technology. Each step along the way was useful for something.

        2. Space travel was funded by the space race, something into which the 2 world industrial powers put a substantial chuck of their economy into. It was also done for a military benefit and again, was done in multiple steps. Hyperloop, despite being a harder thing to create, was funded by a few private capitals.

        3. Organ transplants aren’t infrastructure. They aren’t even remotely comparable to hyperloop.

        4. “Instant” global communication has been possible for a very long time. The first transatlantic cable was laid down in 1858. The only thing different today is the number and speed of cables.

  • Water Bowl Slime
    24·
    2 years ago

    I can’t wait to see urban exploration videos of it on YouTube after it gets dilapidated.