• nullspace@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    California: Hang on, we got another rich land owner suing us because the rail path would cut through their lucrative almond orchard that they pump ground water to use for flood irrigation because fuck you.

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      15 hours ago

      Its worse than that, look into the owners of Bellevue Square in Bellevue, WA. They basically forced light rail development to not land in the actual main downtown area and the family has a history of racism.

      Its kind of fucking nuts how so many things lead back to racism when you look at US history

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      2 days ago

      Hold on we have this super genius that says mood lit tunnels with Tesla’s in would be even cheaper and faster!

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        1 day ago

        That whole project is a testament to American stupidity. Let’s all get into cars that drive themselves on a 3 mi underground track. It’s like Elon shits ideas from a toddler.