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[–] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They also provide apartments to live in permanently for those displaced in the development.

Meanwhile, the US has not built high speed rail and has tent cities.

In the case of national infrastructure, China wins hands down.

Although it's kind of ridiculous to compare California with an entire country...

[–] sweeny@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly not that ridiculous of a comparison considering California's size and GDP, we could be doing a lot better

[–] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] clutch@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Except it is considered "unamerican" for government to help people, and tue generosity of billionaires is hoped for instead