This is a truly incredible article that criticizes China's plans to build high speed rail to under-served parts of China by taking the angle that it won't make money, and therefore is stupid. Amazing that infrastructure projects that help rural Chinese gain access to a high speed rail network is criticized from the angle of profit-making when making a profit is never the point with infrastructure projects. The NYC subway system wasn't built to "make a profit," but that doesn't mean it was a bad idea. But China bad so somehow them building a crazy amount of high speed rail is bad.

  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I focus on the development, infrastructure and technology stories from China, and share it as counter programming on social media. This is the starkest contrast to western propaganda right now, especially since neoliberalism has taught people that "we can't have nice things" and Austerity is permanent and natural part of society. While they won't come out and say it deep down, most people know that the wests line of argumentation is bullshit.

    Showing a society completely eclipse the west in so many fields make it easier to handle arguments about propaganda.

    • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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      4 years ago

      This is good, i like to point out that China has both more mosques than us AND waaaaaay more renewable energy than us. Blows people's minds and they're indisputable facts.