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Re:Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare by factormeta on Sunday January 14, 2024 @09:34PM (#38996827)
>As a culture, we've been brainwashed not to fund trains.

The billionaires are surely investing heavily on trains and farms.

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Re:Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare by eru on Sunday January 14, 2024 @11:22PM (#38997434)
Some of them are.

Which goes to show that money doesn't have that much of an influence in politics, despite popular opinion to the contrary.

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Re:Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare by Dylan16807 on Monday January 15, 2024 @01:16AM (#38997897)
I don't understand why you think it shows that?
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Re:Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare by eru on Monday January 15, 2024 @02:01AM (#38998148)
The billionaires in question (I think Warren Buffet is one of them) would benefit from more and better rail infrastructure. But the billionaires don't have enough influence to make that happen.

Similar for eg more open immigration, or not shutting down the US government down every so often.

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