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Is America's quest for high-speed trains finally picking up steam? (theweek.com)

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Is America's quest for high-speed trains finally picking up steam?::New projects in California, Texas, and Florida are a sign that the United States is finally getting serious about modernizing its commuter railway system.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That quote was as often a quote of Weimar Germany, which the Nazis succeeded.

Nazi Germany tended to appoint all kinds of idiots to everything and all the most competent people had all their time wasted in "loyalty parties". Eventually even the trains stopped running on time by the end.