• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    But a handful of people won’t get rich off nationalized rail or municipal transit. A handful of people will get rich by private solutions like self driving cars.

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      Exactly this. Also a few self driving cars where they make sense will not make a handful rich.

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        I think Jason said it well in the video, “there’s no money to be made in making the streets safer, so the only solution to the dangers caused by the old cars has to be buying new cars.”

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      Doesn’t even have to be nationalized. Bring back the railroad barons and lets party like it’s the 20s.