• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Most infrastructure is privatized in the US, with roads being a notable exception. Infrastructure investment doesn’t mean a lot when that investment is to a for-profit company in which their only means of profit is new infrastructure. The most expensive (and therefore profitable) type of infrastructure with the lowest maintenance cost use fossil fuels.

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      1 year ago

      This is nonsense. American infrastructure is held back by outdated regulations, not by the free market. If anything the free market is a big asset in infrastructure development and this is proven in the US, the other capitalist democracies, and even in China.