Since Elon Musk became Twitter’s CEO, he’s been pushing through a lot of changes to the social network. But perhaps…

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    1 year ago

    California had plans to build high speed rail. Elon Musk convinced them to fund his hyperloop project instead.

    So who’s fault is that? The people that decided to give elon musk the money. Why on earth would they go with a private company instead of building a public high speed rail? That story doesn’t make any sense.

    It’s a waste of resources when the society needs them elsewhere.

    What resources are wasted in SpaceX rockets that society would otherwise use elsewhere?

    • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com
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      1 year ago

      Why on earth would they go with a private company instead of building a public high speed rail?

      This one’s easy. American governments are obsessed with the idea that the market is the most efficient way to do things and thus will immediately jump towards the private solution, even if it’s inferior.