I donate small amounts to open source projects and content creators that .make stuff for everyone because I really believe it’s a great way of fighting capitalism and many of the problems it’s caused.

It’s so funny seeing how unserious everyone is, ultra left attacking trains is such a common irony t’s almost like the universe can only house absurdity

That’s actually very true, interesting point

That’s what he means, ‘again’ is the whole Elon back and forth attention seeking that leads nowhere

It’s very different for roads, yeah there are of course bottle necks especially due to river crossings but rerouting is much easier.

Look I get people don’t want to see trains as anything other than perfect but if we want trains to be popular and useful we need to live in reality rather than some delusional fantasy,

Trains are so vulnerable to sabotage, one bit of damage and the whole network is fucked.

Is there any idea who did this? Scary there are so many possibilities

No suggestion who or why, could be so many groups in France or from outside.

Does highlight one of the big problems with trains, one problem with the rails and the whole train network is fucked

Yeah there are real advantages, the o2 arena in London is well placed too - surrounded on three sites by the river and a big carpark to the south.

Seems like a good cover for a spy agency tbh

A technology that’ll disproportionately benefit the disabled, drunk and disadvantaged while enabling an integrated transport network by making final mile economically feasible is attacked by selfish idiots and of course lemmy supports them because it’s a new technology and apparently people here hate anything new.

So you’ve tried basically nothing and are ready to reach for a gun?

Oh fun, cause a serious ecological disaster and give the ultra rich an excuse to take even more money from the government for repairs plus they get to ratchet up security using our money, probably let them silence meaningful arguments by labeling people terrorists too.

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OK my non-western friend, I’m sure your very unbiased news has lead you to a very wise conclusion that is not at all based on cope and seeth. I do hope you’ll excuse me for not taking it seriously.

Ah ‘we won so why are they still fighting?’ Yes that’s not how reality works.

What you mean is ‘Why won’t Europe and the US just let the psychopath dictator invade anyone he wants and lower the standard of living for yet more of the world?’ But the answer to that is too obvious so you know you’d look silly saying it.

Yes people often call themselves communist or similar while supporting fascist dictatorships and the like, makes it easier to say.

Because they’d be so much better if their country gets occupied and they’re forced to fight in putins next war of aggression to try and conjure yet more people to keep in poverty and ignorance with the rest of the Russian empire.

You people with your fantasy about the evil west are laughable when the alternative is literally Russia - if the west did one thing Russia does then you’d be using that in every anti western screed you rattle off.

Yeah, NATO letting this linger and dragging their feet for no reason has resulted in so much extra suffering, it’s the classic case of trying to appease people with a one second single issue attention span while dealing with conflicts that span decades and involve thousands of complex elements.

And of course trying to appease people that literally just want to see the world fall into chaos because order and the long path to social progress aren’t as romantic and fun as playing the heroic idealist. So many people suffer because so few are willing to actually engage with reality.

Chsos where fascist dictators rule? That sounds even worse tbh.

Absolutely, I think general people being able to participate with testing and design ideas would be a huge boost for those that design stuff, it’s so difficult having to work out what to try and determining what works, also building information about the product, researching methods and comparing them, etc. I think it could be a really interesting system where there’s useful work to be done at every level.