SlopppyEngineer

Politics. They privatized rail and the private companies don’t like doing the investment.

As of October 2023, 6,065 kilometres (3,769 mi) (38%) of the British rail network was electrified.

More than half is still old school

It’s why taxes were invented. Nothing gives currency value as being beaten by not giving it back to the king’s men.

but this is really about predicting what trump will do

Trump plays pigeon chess — it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.

It’s football. Attacking civilians because they wave around the wrong flag, or just wearing the wrong color of t-shirt or scarf is reason enough for a beating.

That’s probably the perception. Democrats have been in power for 4 years, things didn’t get better for a lot of people and then they say to vote for them for more of the same. Surprisingly that doesn’t help with voter enthusiasm. They’ll have more chance next time with messaging things won’t get worse with them after Trump mishandled stuff.

Simple, good-sounding things they want to hear is what wins elections these days.

Robocop tube begins playing. OCP starts construction of Delta City.

The only winning move is not too buy

Anacyclosis is a political theory that describes the cyclical nature of political systems, suggesting that governments progress through a series of stages from monarchy to tyranny, then to aristocracy, democracy, and eventually back to monarchy. This concept emphasizes the inevitable decline of political systems as they shift between these forms, influenced by internal and external factors.