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Mortgaging their future for a short term profit. The Gold Rush is on, no one can say what will happen once it's built. A few will make money, everyone else will be screwed, that's what will happen. It's not complicated.

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13/10/26, 2:46 pm0 reposts1 like

cmaxmost

@cmaxmost.bsky.social

This reminds me of the railroads. The government gave them unlimited land and access. They owned towns across the country and had their own law-enforcement. People forget how the railroads abused power and were hated. This is why we have anemic rail service today.

Mark Cathcart

@markcathcart.com

Yes, also interest to learn during the CoCo working groups how insurance is handled and that's why Amtrak is the only game in town. I'm just reading white's book railroaded...