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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Germany's known for having terrible rail. Probably on account of BMW lobbying.

[–] NewDay@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

BMW, VW and Mercedes. The German Bundesbahn was perfect then the CDU, CSU and FDP killed it due to lobbyism. Now, the politicians suck the cocks of the CEOs of the mentioned companies. SPD and Grüne always say that the Deutsche Bahn needs more money, but they had the chance between 98 and 05. Did they change something? No there was not enough money according to them.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not even the biggest thing that beautiful trio ruined. Their lobbying and Mutti Merkel's politics were the main contributors to the Hungary problem. So if you want to know why common defense policies get vetoed or why is the Ukraine response is a shitshow, the root cause is that VW needed cheap exploitable workers.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Really? As an American who had never ridden a train before, I was impressed by Germany's public transit. I remember wishing we had such systems everywhere over here.

Honestly though, I'd prefer high speed mag-lev systems that run like clockwork.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Germany's known for poor rail, America's known for no rail.