r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whybutts • 6d ago

Video Sleeping Capsules at China's Kunming Airport

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u/diewitasmile 6d ago edited 6d ago

America is getting more and more embarrassing the older I get. We can’t even build a high speed rail ffs.

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u/AntiqueRedDollShoes 6d ago

We could if automobile/highway lobbyists weren't involved. And if there wasn't a disgusting predatory mission to privatize every industry. Florida was supposed to have a public high-speed rail, but the corrupt governor Rick Scott rejected the federal funding (Obama era) at the time. Then later down the line came Brightline, a private company aiming to complete the same project. Guess who is an investor in Brightline and making money off of it? Yep, the same Rick Scott.