• AntY@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I remember seeing an interview with Margaret Thatcher where she said that rail could never be successfully privatized. Just as a reminder of how extreme Musk’s ideas are.

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      4 days ago

      They more or less did that here in the Netherlands. Once the government let go, things slowly started getting worse and we’re now at the point where I’d say things are expensive, occasionally sporty and suboptimal…

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      3 days ago

      Japan seems to have done it, no idea what the people over there think about its service and affordability though.