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minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·1 day agoI never realized something like infrastructure connecting two nations together was susceptible to private wealth like that, thats ridiculous.
minus-squareHamFistedVegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 day agoWelcome to America. Anything and everything is susceptible to private wealth and exploitation of the poor. Doesn’t matter if it’s your health or your property or you name it. It can and will be exploited to take money from you. The plebs.
minus-squareJoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoTo cheer you up a bit, here is Tom Scott talking about another ridiculous bridge, albeit quite a bit smaller.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoTo cheer everyone up a bit, here’s a bit about that time a WV town got a bridge built by asking the USSR.
I never realized something like infrastructure connecting two nations together was susceptible to private wealth like that, thats ridiculous.
Welcome to America.
Anything and everything is susceptible to private wealth and exploitation of the poor.
Doesn’t matter if it’s your health or your property or you name it. It can and will be exploited to take money from you. The plebs.
To cheer you up a bit, here is Tom Scott talking about another ridiculous bridge, albeit quite a bit smaller.
To cheer everyone up a bit, here’s a bit about that time a WV town got a bridge built by asking the USSR.