"Lol China will never catch up"
Outsources everything to China
China catches up
"Yeah well China will never become eco friendly"
China starts producing cheap eco friendly tech
Yellen: "Hurr durr muh overproduction will hurt the oil compa- i mean global market"
"We already benefited from slaves so now slavery is bad, We dictate what civilized world means"
and
"We polluted the whole world for our industrial revolution, so now pollution is bad, we protec environment"
Outsources everything to a country without any labor rights or environmental protection
feels good man
also
"We enabled our big tech to create a global surveillance system and international monopolies"
Tiktok bad because it reports to CCP
Pointing out any of the hypocrisy means you're a tankie (i'm yet to know what it actually means).
As far as I'm concerened, one does bad things without any filter, one uses the media, tech and its hegemony to project a positive image while severely downplaying and ignoring their atrocities.
Sooner or later, China is also going to learn to do the same with their big tech and media companies.
And Canada, too. Thanks Mulroney.
Privatized oil, privatized Air Canada, privatized Via Rail. They would've gone further if they could've.
They're really trying here in Alberta. I hate it here
Preach. It's just getting worse and worse here.
Similar thing happened to German telecommunication infrastructure (for an industry nation our internet is notoriously bad in compatison to EU neighbours), happened to our public transport infrastructure, especially to our trains, and is currently happening to our hospitals.
Privatizing critical infrastructure has never been a good idea.
Because Karl Marx said socialism is good, and they determined Karl Marx is bad, therefore socialism must be bad.
Other way. They determined socialism is bad first since that gives a real alternative to capitalism.
Sure but almost everyone is richer than god. That mf needs money all the time.
Yeah it's non-stop laughs here
Read 'The Shock Doctrine'...
Sweden also stopped investing in infrastructure in the 1980s but not because of privatisation. It's just very expensive. Now everyone one is blaming each other when everything breaks down, especially politicians that are no longer in the government. There is no "accountability" for the government.
The child in me takes some twisted pleasure in hearing of Scandinavians suffering from similar problems to us over here who seem to be unable to right the ship. Maybe it's a misery loves company thing. Maybe it's because I think the more of us suffer, the quicker we can all work together on a larger scale to come up with a fix. Just feels a bit hopeless at times, and I guess it's by design.
And I wish the best for you in Sweden, I don't mean to suggest I am hoping for your failure at all. I just see a picture painted here and on Reddit so frequently of a bustling utopia, and it can be a little demoralizing at times.
But I was told that Sweden is a socialist utopian paradise where there is no right wing, all the cities, bridges, and sidewalks are clean, new, and shiny, you can walk or cycle everywhere 365 days a year, free healthcare and lollipops are offered on every street corner, and everyone is happy and productive all the time!
Did the internet lie to me???
As an American with a lot of experience with this exact problem, it really depends on what city in the US you live in. Some places hate pedestrians like they are Satan's ass cancer, and some places it's so common no one even notices. It all depends on the city's involvement with infrastructure.
