GO Transit

[danbrotherston]

But...because the zeitgeist of our nation hasn't really put much emphasis on this, we fall short. While on the other hand we can look at nations such as Nigeria, People's Republic of China, India, Vietnam and so on with envy these days. But over here it really goes to show you how little our leaders care about us.

A few of the reasons why it's easy to build rail networks in countries such as the above are that (1) there is little need to worry about expropriating private property, and (2) there is little need to worry about losing the next election just because you did something not super popular. It's not a whole story, but those are real differences.

Lmao. No kidding. It’s hilarious to think that leaders in less democratic countries care more about the people in those countries. In fact our leaders care more about what we think than they should. The real problem is that the median voter is a petrified coward afraid of the slightest change.