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minus-squareEgonallanon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-28 days agoI always find this one funny as perhaps more than any other nation railways massively shaped how the US grew into what it is today.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days ago the UA … Ukraine? Normally you’re not supposed to use “the” when referring to it these days. And while I’m sure rail is an important element of the development of modern Ukraine, I don’t think its the most significant example.
minus-squareturdcollector69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 days agoIt’s much harder to plan around property ownership when you can’t just kill the property owners. American culture is generally anti-collective so that “independence” coupled with cars becoming status symbols ensured the death of rail in America.
I always find this one funny as perhaps more than any other nation railways massively shaped how the US grew into what it is today.
… Ukraine? Normally you’re not supposed to use “the” when referring to it these days.
And while I’m sure rail is an important element of the development of modern Ukraine, I don’t think its the most significant example.
Was a typo. Meant to type US.
It’s much harder to plan around property ownership when you can’t just kill the property owners.
American culture is generally anti-collective so that “independence” coupled with cars becoming status symbols ensured the death of rail in America.