r/BeAmazed • u/zzill6 • Sep 02 '25

Technology Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph

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u/Amp1362 Sep 02 '25

People in the US want this and I feel we have failed miserably, and lost so much money in the process. So jealous of stuff like this.

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u/tutohooto Sep 02 '25

Didn't lose it... it was given to fossil fuel and auto lobbyists. (My guess, no handy data) I am also so jealous.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

so what actually is to blame is deregulation. the railroads were omce obligated to offer passenger service then they lobbied to get that revoked so they could run more freight lines instead.

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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- Sep 04 '25

Yeah US has trains, they go 20 mph and haul coal

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u/TRAIN_WRECK_0 Sep 03 '25

What is California's excuse though? 14 billion dollars spent over 10 years and nothing to show.

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u/awkisopen Sep 03 '25

The government can spend whatever it likes and has to answer to no one.

So you can guess where a lot of the money ends up going.

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u/mc_kitfox Sep 03 '25

your take is weirdly detached from reality

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u/Grim_Rockwell Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

And property owners aren't helping either. Property rights are holding back progress on infrastructure.

And the fact that individual rights are prioritized over the public good proves that the US is an undemocratic country, despite our claims of being the most democratic nation on Earth.

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u/Amp1362 Sep 03 '25

You know that is 100% true

Edit: I don’t think where you said it went is correct, but we’re both thinking the exact same way.

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u/momomomorgatron Sep 03 '25

And if enough people give a shit, we can reverse it. We might not ever get this kind of stuff cross country, but we can start just to use it to get to one major city to another. Just imagine San Francisco to L.A.