While Politicians in U.S. argue over infrastructure - This is happening in China

[packman]

Last edited Fri Nov 19, 2021, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Articles on each of the Pixs at:

https://flipboard.com/@luxurylaunches/these-buildings-in-china-will-literally-make-your-jaw-drop-in-awe.-utule8qqagu8c6f6?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=

[FreepFryer]

1. What's interstructure? Who writes your pro-China copy For you? Cause damn (Nt)

[malaise]

2. Facts are facts n/t

[FreepFryer]

4. And democracy, unlike authoritarian rule, requires debate and argumentation.

The OP is antidemocratic propaganda. Sorry malaise, much respect - but as u say. facts are facts.

[malaise]

9. I did not read the article - I looked at the pictures

One of my closest friends visited China a few years ago and returned home in shock at the way infrastructure there had surpassed what we had long admired in the USA.
My comment relates to infrastructure but there are several questions related to American and Western democracy as I type.

[FreepFryer]

10. "While US politicians argue over infrastructure" is a fucked up frame, especially AFTER Biden signed

Weird failing mindset to push now, don’t you think?

[malaise]

13. I don't think it's a failing mindset at all

It's the truth. This is what exists in places folks used to laugh at. People need to see what's going on elsewhere.

[FreepFryer]

14. This is democracy, and argumentation is the only way it works, and it just succeeded in a bill.

It’s far from perfect but it’s far better than how it works in China.

And that was the comparison the OP chose to make.

[packman]

3. A simple rebuke would have sufficed -

Mrs. So SuMe is feeding me propaganda each time I order from her restaurant Won Fook Hing . What do you have against admiration of another country's achievements ?

[FreepFryer]

6. Unfavorably comparing our messy democracy to orderly Chinese authoritarianism is really fucked up.

To say nothing of doing so AFTER the bill has passed. Wtf, I wonder.

[Voltaire2]

8. We used to invest in public infrastructure.

Now we can barely keep bridges from collapsing.

So it seems our political system itself isn’t the problem.

[Voltaire2]

7. Anyone who has visited China in the last ten years

would encounter massive modern public infrastructure projects all across the country. It is just a fact, independent of whatever your opinion of their government is.

[jmbar2]

5. Unfortunately they overbuilt a lot on borrowed money

They have whole cities sitting empty with unfinished buildings.

[MenloParque]

11. Yay China!!

I hope we aren’t propping up China as an example of how infrastructure works. I’ve seen a few buildings collapse with dead laying in the streets during my time working and living in China from 2014-2017. Forget about the roads!! Don’t fall for glossy online pics. Go see for yourself.

[FreepFryer]

12. Or government, for that matter. This OP seems designed to nullify the infrastructure bill success.

[packman]

15. Well, that is just 傻蛋 (shǎ dn)

Rather than debate you on this, I'm going to go sort out my sock drawer. Last thing I nullified was my cat pissing in my shoes. Don't be so myopic

[FreepFryer]

16. Best not to post antidemocratic on DU. Think about what u wrote while u get some fresh sock air.

Did you notice we just passed a big infrastructure bill into law? Biggest for quite some time, I heard.