Meanwhile China:

  • Archangel@lemm.eeBannedBanned from community
    30·
    11 months ago

    “Saving taxpayers money”, by forcing them to drive everywhere.

  • -6-6-6-English
    29·
    11 months ago

    I’m so fucking tired of “saving taxpayer money”.

    Yaaay, you saved money to funnel into corporations and rich people! Wooooo!

  • NikkiB
    26·
    11 months ago

    “Pleased to announce we’re saving you hundreds this year by not paying the gas bill.”

  • Fair Fairy@thelemmy.club
    19·
    11 months ago

    Is US kind of like pre partition Poland where nobility had so much rights and feds so little it would derail any positive developments

    • cayde6ml
      3·
      11 months ago

      Speaking as a Texan, I don’t understand it either.

    • knfrmityEnglish
      19·
      11 months ago

      Drive one mile and be thankful Texans don’t have to live under the tyranny of passenger rail existing in their state.

      /s

  • amemorablename
    15·
    11 months ago

    The US is once more saved from the commie tyranny of checks notes living in the future.

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    9·
    11 months ago

    Insert wut r they doin over der.png

    Honestly, give up on the US. You know China will overtake it in a few decades. Get ready to move.

      • rigor
        4·
        11 months ago

        Things are so much more expensive in the US that, when you adjust for purchasing power parity (PPP), China has a GDP PPP of 1.25 times the US. Source? The CIA.

        GDP is still flawed even when accounting for costs, but it goes to show how behind the US is.

          • rigor
            4·
            11 months ago

            It’s also important to consider GDP and GDP PPP doesn’t consider unpaid labor. Housework, taking care of kids, etc. if it’s not paid. I don’t have any metrics on this, but in China it’s extremely common for families to be more tight knit compared to the US with the atomic (parents/kids) family. There is also a lot of unpaid work, such as grandparents taking care of the kids instead of a babysitter. Not only does this on one hand reduce GDP, but it’s socially preferable in that there is more of a familial social safety net on top of the public/governmental one.

  • rigor
    8·
    11 months ago

    Keep in mind that’s just high speed rail (HSR). China has an even more extensive network of regular rail, which millions use. The rail system is also indispensable for transporting goods efficiently, and with green potential since they are electric.