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I bet you and I can agree on this:
The United States government (federal, State or local) should have done something to stop the public transportation system of this country from collapsing.
Where we disagree:
You believe the private sector (capitalism) conspired against the public transportation and destroyed it.
I believe the government destroyed it. I believe the government's actions hurt the companies involved and the government did absolutely nothing to save these companies because that was the point. The government thought this was old technology that will be replaced by cars and airplanes. That was a lie, the progressives of the early 1900s got it wrong. Today we suffer from those decisions.
Look at all the examples of CITIZENS UNITING TO STOP THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT from building highways. Or look at the history of how people DEMANDED their cities buy up metro lines (MTA, CTA, etc) to keep them from going away. Those cities ended up cutting service anyway and not investing in these services because they didn't care or want to. That's the government hoping people stop using it so they can close it.
And guess what, today the government CONTINUES to fuck it up constantly. The government does not care. It never did. The last time we had anything close to amazing public transportation in USA was when it was privatized and not FUCKED WITH BY THE GOVERNMENT. That's the truth
I believe both have failed public transit in this country. That's the key difference. Nothing in the last message is wrong - except that both have actively destroyed transit here.