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Africa's high-speed railway network is on track (jermwarfare.com)

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[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Extravagant projects are exactly how China got out of it's poverty hole (and, if you think about it, also how a lot of Europe recovered post-WW2 as well).

Only in the US is infrastructure condemned so strongly.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

indeed

[–] fedfedfedd@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Extravagant projects are exactly how China got out of it’s poverty hole

Ah right I forgot those glass bridges that killed a bunch of people.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Funny.