MrMakabar ( MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ) to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 days agoWhy Trains would NEVER WORK in the USAslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1311
arrow-up1311external-linkWhy Trains would NEVER WORK in the USAslrpnk.netMrMakabar ( MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ) to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareCarmakazi ( Carmakazi@piefed.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoBecause public transit is for poor people/minorities, and if they used it they’d be around a bunch of poor people/minorities.
minus-squarejtrek ( jtrek@startrek.website ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoI think this is a big factor. A lot of people are racist, and a lot of people are like pathologically anti-social.
minus-squareArcaneSlime ( ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThen they can’t fly less than Leer, a 747 is as “public” as any Amtrak train.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff ( MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoand they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed [m|b|tr]illionaires, right?
Because public transit is for poor people/minorities, and if they used it they’d be around a bunch of poor people/minorities.
I think this is a big factor. A lot of people are racist, and a lot of people are like pathologically anti-social.
Then they can’t fly less than Leer, a 747 is as “public” as any Amtrak train.
and they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed [m|b|tr]illionaires, right?