Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agoToo bad we can't have good public transportationlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down12
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkToo bad we can't have good public transportationlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squaredan69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoAmerica: if ain’t broke don’t fix it Every other country: yah it’s time, what are our new requirements?
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoAnd then turn a blind eye to all the broken stuff because “we have been living with it so it’s not broken”
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoI mean this is sorta one of the things an autocracy does well. You might get substandard work and a lot of graft but when the order comes down no one gets to complain when they run a train line through your house.
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoactually, they do get to complain https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/gallery/chinas-extraordinary-nail-houses-show-5727566
America: if ain’t broke don’t fix it Every other country: yah it’s time, what are our new requirements?
And then turn a blind eye to all the broken stuff because “we have been living with it so it’s not broken”
I mean this is sorta one of the things an autocracy does well. You might get substandard work and a lot of graft but when the order comes down no one gets to complain when they run a train line through your house.
actually, they do get to complain
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/gallery/chinas-extraordinary-nail-houses-show-5727566