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Re:Pictures from the 1939 New York World's Fair (2017) by anonu on Sunday September 29, 2019 @08:15AM (#21106596)
Infrastructure seems to be your main point to say one place is more modern than the other.

I would partially agree but it's more nuanced than that.

The high speed trains in China are impressive projects but could also be used as form of control over people who live outside the cities.

Also going cashless is not necessarily a good thing. There is a loss of anonymity in having every transaction be digitally handled. Also, another form of control.

My apologies for my dystopian view. But not all modern advances are necessarily good.

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Re:Pictures from the 1939 New York World's Fair (2017) by bobthepanda on Sunday September 29, 2019 @12:57PM (#21108142)
> The high speed trains in China are impressive projects but could also be used as form of control over people who live outside the cities.

Explain?

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Re:Pictures from the 1939 New York World's Fair (2017) by userbinator on Sunday September 29, 2019 @02:54PM (#21108925)
I've been on them a few years ago, as a visitor, and I suspect that's referring to the security checkpoints that you have to pass through. It's not like taking a bus or other public transit; the experience is closer to taking a plane across an international border.
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