• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t Sweden also do this when its incoming hard-right government scrapped the high-speed rail project a few years ago?

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    What’s the European angle here?

    It’s a straight up “liberal govt does liberal things and public gets the bill” story.

    EDIT: apparently the liberal thing here is making it impossible to build high speed rail. That definitely is an European angle. Also, extremely fucked up.

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        1 year ago

        Barely. And even then, I would not really be interested in a post about a failed government land scheme in Portugal or Austria in this community either unless it somehow intersected with EU policy or influenced relations with its neighbors.

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          1 year ago

          Its great when stupid people tell you they’re stupid because then you can just smile and pat them on the head like you’re supporting a toddler trying to form a proper sentence.

          Hint: it’s you, you’re the stupid.

          Another hint: Europe isn’t the EU. One is geographical, the other is political.

          • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            1 year ago

            I never said it should be about the EU, I said it should have a European dimension.

            This clearly does not.

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              1 year ago

              High speed rail is definitely something that’s important internationally. If done well, it could replace a bunch of polluting flights with a train trip

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                  1 year ago

                  Yeah, I’ll bold it for you so you can see:

                  Barely. And even then, I would not really be interested in a post about a failed government land scheme in Portugal or Austria in this community either unless it somehow intersected with EU policy or influenced relations with its neighbors.

                  Boy I sure am dumb, I didn’t realise you said Europe and not EU.