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    35 days ago

    All this ‘public transit not work for the rurals’ shit i keep hearing repeated just seems like something you say to make what has happened so far seem somewhat reasonable and just, a statement of hope and denial, not anything supported by history¹, not anything derived from deep analysis of available options and methods², and not anything an expert told you³.

    Please stop repeating it without evidence.

    ¹because it’s not. Quite the opposite.

    ²im not a serious transit nerd and theres shit obvious to me that you people miss every time

    ³because they wouldn’t

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      15 days ago

      I think the issue goes well beyond technical terms, where it would probably be doable.

      The issue is of a fundamental nature: The right to self-determination. You cannot make states install public transport that don’t want it.

      That’s just how a society works.

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        25 days ago

        Desires are nit rational or immutable essential states.

        I certainly dont tjink we shoukd kerp accommodating car brain. I think withouy all the road and oil subsidies, thry would like cars a lot less.

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      14 days ago

      there is evidence it doesn’t work well in some rural areas of the us, specifically Nome Alaska, which had a railroad (last I checked the rails were still there in significant disrepair) that failed because the company ran out of money