The main failing here in the US though is that rail maintenance falls to rail companies that have little financial incentives to spend the money on safety. That may be changing, however if the federal government just hands over money with inadequate oversight it will just enrich the companies.
Sounds almost as if critical infrastructure should be owned by the public.
Need to remember the bastards to remember to piss on their graves.
Much as I understand your sentiment, I think it’s important to remember the people who did horrible things like McCarthy, and use him as a warning to our younger generations who didn’t see the problems they created.
Thanks to how history is being recorded, there’s no chance that he will be forgotten until civilization collapses.
I wouldn’t want history to actually forget any shitty person (or good person) because that makes it way easier for someone with similar ideals to take power again.
It’s more the sentiment.
I have a metaphorical bucket of piss just for Margaret Thatcher. 26+6=1
No disagreement inferred! Just playing along and pointing out the last link to those that may not get to it is all. I’ll just go back to doomscrolling election predictions and lamenting our lack of RCV here in the states.
Sounds almost as if critical infrastructure should be owned by the public.
But that stinks of communism, doesn’t it… 😄
I can’t wait until Mccarthy has his final death and nobody remembers him anymore…
Need to remember the bastards to remember to piss on their graves.
Much as I understand your sentiment, I think it’s important to remember the people who did horrible things like McCarthy, and use him as a warning to our younger generations who didn’t see the problems they created.
You know, and the grave pissing.
Thanks to how history is being recorded, there’s no chance that he will be forgotten until civilization collapses.
I wouldn’t want history to actually forget any shitty person (or good person) because that makes it way easier for someone with similar ideals to take power again.
It’s more the sentiment.
I have a metaphorical bucket of piss just for Margaret Thatcher. 26+6=1
Given that you yourself are remembering him, you can’t wait until you die / have dementia?
Life is one endless torment after another, soooooooo…
Sprinkle a bit of communism on that capitalism.
Tim Roth?
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Check out that last link I posted there
I wasn’t disagreeing with you, I was making an (hopefully) entertaining comment.
No disagreement inferred! Just playing along and pointing out the last link to those that may not get to it is all. I’ll just go back to doomscrolling election predictions and lamenting our lack of RCV here in the states.