America's Infrastructure Is Crumbling

[@VICENews]

VICE correspondent Thomas Morton explores the most vital bridges, tunnels, and waterways in the U.S. to see how much the situation has deteriorated and to find out if the Trump Administration's promise is being kept. WATCH NEXT: The Realities Of Trump's Trade War - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6jNm4RrarhnhMU

[@jackgamble8697]

And yet under 8 years under the Obama administration, it got even worse! And was able to give billions to Iran!!! But it's ok, him and Kerry were able to strike a bull.... Nuke deal that would have allowed Iran to make nukes after ten years??? How idiotic are you people? Goes both ways libtards!

[@jackgamble8697]

Pin that!

[@working2bselfsufficient724]

Trump 2020

[@andreanacalhoun5402]

But but but Obama fixed the infrastructure with all those shovel ready jobs ,,,,,,oh wait what shovel ready jobs.

[@HussainAli-ne3ms]

The comments here are so dumb. Everything is answered with "but Obama". Is this seriously how you hold your leader accountable? It's so sad to see. Pathetic.

[@joebear1194]

Sounds like we need more military spending

[@luisorozco4802]

joebear 119 lmaoooo

[@joebear1194]

@Rus Buda bruh I havent been hurt by Iran or Venezuela so I don't really care

[@tamiwu0346]

@Rus Buda The scary thing about the America we live in now is that we don't know if thats a sarcasm or a genuine statement

[@rashencao1594]

@Daan Made in Holland America has hundreds of military bases around China and Russia, while we don't have any near America. Seems that we are the ones who should be more concerned about being attacked. Blaming us doesn't help to solve your own domestic problems.

[@mashirowhite5933]

I don't know if the Clorox will do the job but CHINA is hiDing the tRuTh about the virus!

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

It's horrific how the civil engineer is explaining the deterioration of the bridge and all you see is convoys of trucks crossing it non stop.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

@TheZoomerFarmer That is insane! So it's cheaper to just build a new bridge underneath an old bridge just to collect debris? Wtf!

[@DasRaetsel]

@TheZoomerFarmer Maybe unfettered capitalism isn't the best way to run a country...

[@YourLocalMairaaboo]

@TheZoomerFarmer WHAT?!

[@ccllvn]

@TheZoomerFarmer This looks so patched up, it's almost cartoonish...

[@rusticbox9908]

Full load might I add!

[@zippySquirrelface]

As a bridge inspector that was laid off due to funding, this video is worrisome.

[@wanngie1]

A fish rots from the head down.

[@aphysique]

@@wanngie1 🧐🤔

[@duncanmcauley7932]

As a bridge inspector in Rhode Island, it’s still rather shocking how badly the state neglected it’s bridges before finally beginning to fix them. Mind you, they’ve got quite a ways to go yet, but at least there’s a bright spot....

[@j.elizabeth4621]

Bridge inspector from PA here. It’s a good thing we over engineer everything.

[@happydays8171]

You don't know how many truck drivers tell me that I'm a liar, they think once a bridge is inspected it's perfectly safe.

[@aeroripper]

The US just needs to start a gofundme for infrastructure. It's all the rage for health care.

[@Sarnahanfi]

Sad but true

[@aeroripper]

@@Sarnahanfi America #1 🇺🇸, for the wealthy. Standard of living is still fairly high for average people but health care outcomes are significantly worse for Americans who can't afford the best treatments.

[@Sarnahanfi]

@@aeroripper yeah you guys have it hard with your governement and presidents, I wish you the best love & peace & colaboration from Switzerland! :D Let's make this planet the best it can be so aliens will actually like to come by :DDD

[@hnys7976]

Biden just announced the $2Trillion infrastructure bill...

[@aeroripper]

@@hnys7976 It probably won't get more than a couple Repub votes if any and stall in the Senate. There will be lots of talk about 'pork' spending for infrastructure in dem states.

[@IIAndersII]

the US is such a weird country with weird priorities

[@CorruptInfinityOfficial]

IIAndersII weird flex you could say

[@kraigisboss]

@Jose Stevenson Shit completely breaks and we then go into panic mode to fix everything.

[@adrian.henriq]

I don't understand how they are the main super power in the world. I really don't!

[@boldvankaalen3896]

@@adrian.henriq Probably not for long anymore

[@Amphyb]

@@boldvankaalen3896 yeah. murica is falling fast. well deserved

[@JackReacheround]

Imagine if the US took just one year of Military spending and put it into infrastructure.

[@travman1987]

America:......but those brown people

[@donotlike4anonymus594]

@Profit Mohamad per capita and... sure but it is the largest economy...

[@donotlike4anonymus594]

@@travman1987 great more brain washed people...

[@AJ-dt1cg]

BubberGroves trade off wouldn’t be worth it

[@bigphillyed]

Imagine if the country didnt have a military at all....SMH fool.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

I remember when I lived in a big city with deteriorating buses, ripped and missing seat cushions, rusty sharp metal sticking out, and when the city finally gave in to fixing the buses -- they only painted the outsides so they would look prettier to people who didn't take the bus. They did this twice while I lived there. That's how we do, in the U.S.

[@rallo9635]

@Southeastern777 I see you replying on a lot of these comments, so let me tell you something. Moving countries isn’t cheap. People can’t just say “I’m going to move to Canada!” Thats like having the pressure of buying a house x5. Now I get you have pride for the USA, I do too, I love my country but I know and understand it has faults and it needs to be fixed. And think about this, if everyone just moved to the country they like better if they saw their country was failing, then nothing would happen, no one would try to step up to improve livelihood, the country would remain the same and eventually decay.

[@PETE4955]

Fake America.

[@vasilias2230]

@@rallo9635 It's like the guy who goes out to get a cigarette and never comes back

[@comrademartinofrappuccino]

It is funny bescause it is so not a fix too the major problems with the busses and atleast 1 person approved this like "Technically giving it a new paint is also on the improvement list"

[@TheBigChill1]

Well, you talk about something that remind me about my opinion the only time I visited the US...It looks like a giant movie set, everything can look nice on the outside but is completely rotten inside...from the houses, to the conversations, to the people...everything looks fake...!

[@nachtaktiv1]

Military budget: 800 Billion Driving over a bridge holding your breath: priceless

[@shyman9023]

Got to fight the war on poverty, ha!

[@Painfullymediocre]

Wrong! It's around 934 billion. So its actually worst.

[@renacimientoargentino7515]

Those 800 billion is around 3 percent of US GDP, while is estimated that the government revenue is around 8 trillion dollars instead of bitching about the military, that from the get go has a lower tax use than medicare and medicaid, why not concentrating those extra 7.2 Trillion USD?

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

@@renacimientoargentino7515 Wtf. Last I checked, the US only has 3.4 trillion in revenue. Despite that, we're still 28 trillion in debt and it's still going up.

[@signalfire6]

And yet when the Capitol Building itself needed troops, they took HOURS to show up.

[@Username47948]

Job you thought you would have in 2020: hovercraft mechanic Job you actually have: the dude who breaks icicles with a stick because the tunnel is falling apart

[@YouTube_stole_my_handle]

I only started watching, but I heard their electrical cables are laughably ancient.

[@patrickcowan8701]

That stick probably cost $1000

[@rouowward6917]

Lol

[@egenestarr1986]

lolll exactly

[@aurorsc]

Good thing that due to global warming, icicles will not be a problem for long.

[@saifchowdhury3581]

I am a structural /civil engineer and my heart skipped a beat when I saw the condition of that bridge. Unfortunately, many bridges in Bangladesh suffer from the same problems as well :(

[@noob.168]

When American bridges are being compared with poorer countries...That just shows how bad our infrastructure is right now...

[@robertroot7237]

@K4nzler 1871 make America great again mean than now is trash.

[@joshuafreeman3775]

POO IN LOO

[@MensaCramps]

There ya have it, folks. Our bridges are on par with a third world toilet like Bangladesh. Smoke em if you got em.

[@metalvideos1961]

yeah but bangladesh is actually poor. america is the richest country on the planet. they have no excuse for this

[@wrightvcx2249]

21 trillion dollar economy, and infra looks like something from 3rd world country. Where is all the money going?

[@BORIKKEN]

wright vcx politicians pockets ...

[@bloodyraijin6684]

wright vcx jets and stuff

[@theironsword1954]

Paying off our increasing debt.

[@liamj3163]

Politicians billionaires and military

[@koolkenny73]

Banker's

[@Rickwmc]

"We will rebuild America's infrastructure!" So said: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The last major infrastructure change was the in 1950's when Eisenhower built the highways because Corporate America demanded it to boost their profits. The companies that could rebuild infrastructure don't want to pay human workers high enough wages to do the job. So that's that.

[@yoboiboy4182]

Looks like we’re close to getting that infrastructure bill now.

[@sweetnightmare1191]

@@yoboiboy4182 yeah right. American politics is getting too tribalistic. Congress only works for the interest of the corporations

[@kiwibonsai2355]

I feel sorry for Biden on this issue.. Living in New Zealand I even know about the state of American infrastructure and how the buck just gets passed on and on. When I heard he was going to do something for the nation and not just the 1%s greed I was impressed...

[@stevec6427]

Maybe if they continuously worked on infrastructure with a consistent budget it wouldn't get to the point where it suddenly needs trillions spent. Some of these projects could have been completed and paid for themselves several times over by now. It's just very short sighted

[@libirdinowski6270]

And you can blame the current administration.... The last one was trying to fix the US by bringing jobs back(which biden stopped), increasing tax tariffs to countries that use & abuse us (which biden stopped) & not worry about everybody else's fight(which biden hasn't stopped). Keep voting the way y'all do, it'll just continue to get worse under this current puppet.

[@danki2000daniel]

Spending trillions on meaningless wars all over the world and not spending OUR TAX DOLLARS here.

[@evano5635]

Daniel Harvey IV That’s capitalism for you 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@24hstoned85]

tax dollars for shipping a load of explosive democracy (only countries with oil reserves).

[@TyKOmain]

The vast majority of governmental spending is on the US. Something like 60% of the total budget goes to Social Security and Healthcare. Pretty sure just about any of these places could budget in and release a muni bond. This is just as much on the shoulders of local government as it is on national government.

[@dervinnaidoo9810]

'SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS' Wake up your problems are bigger than money.

[@asahel980]

in world war 1 USA isolated themselves and implemented a non intervention in europe politics and we know what happened then world war 2 , after ww2 USA took charge and became the world police and since then there's no major war

[@peace8373]

This is America, the land of the richest men in the world. The military-industrial-congressional complex gets all the money it needs. Yet the citizens now seem to be an afterthought.

[@martin99110]

This ain’t about Bernie or trump. This problem goes way back to former presidents that didn’t do anything. So you can say it’s both republican and Democrat presidents that didn’t get them upgraded. Asian now has high speed trains, bigger road, and etc. Countries that were known as 3rd world counties 50 years ago and now China is fighting to be Number 1. Yet USA won’t spend money on its infrastructure. California finally started repairing its freeways, after they increased taxes like 5 times. The latest one was the Gas tax.

[@bumface8350]

Buckley v Valeo ruined the whole government

[@HexaSquirrel]

So much freedom...

[@zakiii3913]

Daan Made in Holland no the USA has the most millionaires and Switzerland has the most millionaires per capita

[@lilacdoe7945]

This had been the case since FDR. We can thank the DNC for forcing us to have Truman instead of Wallace as VP and the Republicans for starting the ‘tough on crime rhetoric’ which has led to severe civil rights violations and fiscal waste.

[@sinjimsmythe9577]

I’m a Brit and had to start going to NYC for work few years back. I was totally shocked by how unshiny (if this makes sense!) everything was. Subway ticket machines were half broken and dirty, cafes in Manhattan couldn’t use chip and pin when rural cafes in England used it, they just had swipe and sign machines. And this is in Manhattan not somewhere rural. The 3 airports round NYC were kind of hilariously badly set up, and more like a regional Thai airport in appearance than a major major city international airport in the USA. Stuff like that No negative comment per se, not my country for a start, I was just really not expecting it

[@dubenforcer]

That’s NYC for ya, explains why everyone is moving out of that city and state.

[@phuturephunk]

Between the different stakeholders that constantly bicker about the services and how maintenance gets deferred, I'm not surprised. We need the stuff, we just don't assign a high priority to making it look nice and, due to Albany vs. the metro area politics (even when in the same party), it turns into a complete shitshow. A big part of this, speaking as a native, is that big infrastructure projects aren't necessarily about the project itself, but about a prolonged regular paycheck for a whole bunch of people as well. The government isn't the one that actually brings in the people to build this stuff, it's contracted out to firms that can do the work. Their best interest is dragging out the work for as long as they can, which is in direct opposition (or so you'd think) to the government wanting the work done as quickly as possible to bolster the public good. Then it turns into a chaotic mess because you have politicos with deep connections to various contractors that all want to get everyone greased in the process. This is generally why the only time something gets done really fast and really well simultaneously is when there is either real danger of something catastrophic happening (Think The Tappan Zee Bridge replacement) or something catastrophic has already happened (The cleanup and renewal of the Battery Tunnel after Superstorm Sandy).

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

it's a major hub and one of the oldest places in the country.

[@johnnytyler5685]

That's because the beauty of the United States of America is all located in the more rural parts of the country. The big cities are all Lib-run sh!tholes with tons of crime and crumbling infrastructures.

[@sethcavenar8857]

As an American, we are a 3rd world country with Mc Donald's.

[@kaboonali5466]

I am from Kenya and I remember being shocked at how third world America was during my visit. Cracked and often unusable roads, nonexistent public transport system, huge homelessness, crumbling homes and buildings. As we say here, America is the richest third world country. They need foreign conflicts to divert attention from their own failing nation

[@dontgetlost4078]

You know the US is fucked up when a Kenyan says the US is third world-like.

[@fishfan2]

@@dontgetlost4078 When my cousins from Mexico came to visit they were suprised that the U.S had homeless people and so many at that

[@ano3758]

@@dontgetlost4078 It's because many of us in so-called 3rd world countries have this great vision of the US. Personally, I travelled to Europe first and was quite thoroughly impressed but then travelling in the US I was also shocked! Rows up rows of tents with homeless people that looked high as a kite, roads that are falling apart, a disastrous New York rail system. Honestly it was shocking and disappointing, I feel like I was lied to 😂

[@unknown-hb2to]

@Daddy Mcdada Except latinos are rarely seen on the street homeless beggin for money like your natives do. Catch us at the work site tho 🦺

[@ano3758]

@Daddy Mcdada No one is saying the US is fully comparable to poor developing country. It's just that when you compare the US to other developed countries like Canada it is so obvious the US is really falling behind.

[@tafftastic]

America - The world’s richest poor country.

[@canggublissapartment9868]

China : Hahaha.... WHO'S THE BOSS NOW

[@QasimAlKhuzaie]

Loooooool!

[@robertmoniez4031]

I could not have said it better!

[@Take_Flight465]

America? or the United States? Yes there is indeed a big difference. You don't speak for Canada Or Mexico. Which btw is also Part of America

[@DesertStateInEU]

Youre welcome to look up "list of countries by external debt" on wikipedia. The US has a lower debt per capita than most European nations that come close in living standards.

[@zininajid]

As a european it sounds to me like everything in the US is failing.

[@astriddececco3005]

It solely because our political parties don't care about the American people unless of course, you have money. Capitalism at its worst and we are the poster child unfettered capitalism.

[@aren6708]

Depends on the state. If it’s democratic, like California, then yes, it’s failing.

[@MartinDeHill]

@@aren6708 The blue states are continuously funneling money into the red states.

[@Johnny-ws1oh]

@Kosta Starr or maybe just any other western nation except the United States.

[@EZ-gb5gt]

@ Kosta Starr you just missed the point of one way to get the economy up on its feet and same time rebuild the infrastructure. So what if China is a communist country as long as they could jump-start the slow economy. What a stupid man you are.

[@grail68]

This. THIS is how America declines and eventually ends.

[@jaggerh-l2097]

osriodore no

[@Bruno-um6mz]

osriodore It’s really not

[@mikebond6060]

Eventually it will become worst with capitalism until they start being socialist

[@antibritish_anarchsim1547]

Mike Bond yeah because the Soviet Union was a big success right

[@jasperpluk]

@@Bruno-um6mz yes it will if the US keeps spending such stupid amount on military while it's not needed then yes the US will collapse eventually just look at ancient Rome in the brought side the US is not very different in looking for around the time the Romans where at their peak of power.

[@andregunts5292]

I was an accountant on a project in NYC to build tunnels for the railroad and it started in 2007, it was suppose to finish in 2014 and in 2021 they are no where close to finishing.

[@Genius_at_Work]

YOu should come to Germany then. We are planning to add two more Tracks to the Karlsruhe-Basel Railway Line (one of the busiest in Europe, if not the World) since the 1980s and Construction hasn't even started yet in most Places and is estimated to be completed some Time in the 2050s. Apart from the general Bureucracy and Incompetence, another Reason for that are NIMBYs in the Towns alongside the Rails who moved there because of the cheap Ground and then complain about the Noise. They even forced 60 km/h (40 MPH) Speed Limits in most Towns, so the ICE High Speed Trains are ridiculously slow on that Line.

[@andregunts5292]

@@Michael-on3ku from what I can remember, they estimated the whole damn job wrong. All cost, equipment, labor, subcontractors, insurance, like everything. On top of that the unions weren’t the most cooperative in getting productions done. It was just a clusterfuck

[@STScott-qo4pw]

@@andregunts5292 the unions. what were their objections and what were their actions? also, who was in charge of the planning and do you know how it is the estimates, lining up of sub/contractors, underwriting, materials could have been wrongly estimated? are there any links? would you rsvp? thank you

[@minnhockey]

Are you talking about East Side Access?

[@andregunts5292]

@@minnhockey Lolol maybe :)

[@lil----lil]

Fun Fact: DoD Pentagon budget is the ONLY budget that will get 100% approval from both sides without any questions whatsoever.

[@gordonlumbert9861]

I can't remember that ever happening in my life time... (I was born in 1969) unless you mean a basic operating budget.

[@jco5254]

Fun fact your a uneducated liberal that’s more true than your statement

[@adolfhitler2026]

@@jco5254 He's right though. Democrats kept attacking Trump 24/7 publicly but quickly passed his 700 billion dollar military budget without an ounce of opposition. The military industrial complex controls both aisles and you're stupid enough to believe it's still a "me, a republican, vs them, the democrats!"

[@benderrodriguez142]

@@jco5254 you're* You also need a comma or period cause as is your sentence says he is more true than his statement. I do love it when morons try to act like they are superior to others but have yet to master the basics of grammar taught to 4th graders.

[@youtuber8148]

Who even cares what fdr saud and yes i soeoled it saud...he night as well be saud...fdr was a punk...and so was that little a whole theo

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

Honestly, seeing the infrastructure in America is like stepping back into ex coal mining towns in Europe in the 1980s, Yugoslavia in the 90s, or wartorn Ukraine right now. It's absolutely shocking for a first world country.

[@MrFlatage]

1st world country? Nice joke, lol!

[@bluebennybillionbih]

they only showed you small issues. Every country has its flaws. Its hard to keep up with the miles and miles of land. These other countries dont use as much land because of mountains in the east. They are also smaller countries. They look really good compared to us, because they dont have as many things to worry about

[@MrFlatage]

@@bluebennybillionbih This is a bit more then a mere flaw. People are dying out there. It's like rants about North Koreans starving when under the US SNAP act 45+ million are starving trying to survive off Food Stamps like WWII is still on. Yes twice the entire population of NK. And you mean easy if you care about your people? We do in fact maintain and monitor our wall which is the largest manmade structure in history and declared 7th wonder of the modern age. Because if we did not? We would all die yes. Why it's in our Constitution. No politician can touch that maintenance and budget. Meanwhile our oldest operational steampump is from 1852. We got the wall but just use our ye old stuff unless some kinda mega storm every 10000 years come knocking. Then we close the wall. Simple. Cost us 2 billion in todays money. While the US comes up with a 20 billion USD fence that gets blow over by the wind. Why we build not just for our countries but for anyone who will have us. To stop the rising sea level in Europe? Yup we are damming off the North Sea. ;-) This will be a huge issue for the US if they do not act. Katrina, Sandy, Puerto Rico only prove it already is a serious issue.

[@cubismo85]

In the name of neoliberalism and the minimalistic state.

[@noblenormie1179]

Michel Platteeuw wdym i don’t like the us but they are a First World country

[@smiller939]

When "we the people" stop focusing on the sideshow which is dividing us, and focus on creating a greater society, things will change.

[@evano5635]

smiller939 people forget that the democrat and republicans are friends. Their kids all go to the same school at capital hill. Why do you think it’s called the ruling class

[@mrlaydback11]

smiller939. Because dividing people is good for elections and the people who make money off of it selling books, making news appearances, and speaking engagements.

[@loopy7057]

Yes. Except Liberals take everything too seriously. That's what truly divides us. Imagining Trump is equivalent to Hitler, instead of realising he is just an antagonist, just creates division.

[@mrlaydback11]

@@loopy7057 Not offense but your comment is part of the problem. Except looking at the issue as a whole you quickly blame liberals. There are only two sides. Also it is conversatives agressively spreading their agend and offering no new soluations. If you really get caught up in the libs vs. conservative argument, you have no idea that you are really playing into the game.

[@KrazeDiamond]

That might have been true if the US stayed the Republic it was founded as.

[@mastergecko1178]

American ppl: Our country is crumbling American politicians: Time to blame China again

[@bjrnmadsen1724]

didnt South Park have a episode where USA went to war against Canada, after a "blame Canada" song :D

[@nickm6751]

What politicians are you talking about? Biden and all the dems love china, they are letting them screw us right now.

[@johnnybc1520]

@@nickm6751 they don't love china. It's more like America is mired with debt that in order for the money printer to continue to function to fuel the recovery, they require the chinese to continue buying the debt at the current low interest rate.

[@ethanang3527]

@Arif Ahmed Khan 100 years of humiliation from China, if you don't know that, I will tell you. Before China has CCP, which basically influenced by Soviet Union, they struggled with all the unfair treaty and suffered.

[@bubba842]

@Arif Ahmed Khan and how does Chinese human rights violations affect you?? Oh it doesn't does it.

[@watema3381]

"American Infrastructure is Crumbling" American Politicians: Oh no! Anyways

[@canggublissapartment9868]

China : it's time

[@themetricsystem7967]

"we need to build a wall"

[@63saruman]

Oh, is the infrastructure crumbling? We know! Tax cuts for the rich!

[@XnonXte]

@@themetricsystem7967 And make mexico pay for it!!!

[@XnonXte]

​@Michelle Calm i'm not american lmao, Not even Close. I'm from asia homie

[@comment.highlighted]

“Out of sight... out of mind.” Until it starts breaking and killing people 😕

[@tigeroll]

It's been doing that for a century, still not nearly as important to the military complex for them.

[@Yurithecampguard]

@@tigeroll investing in military = capitalist = good guy and investing in infrastructure = communist = bad guy.

[@believein1]

Like their debt?

[@blackearl7891]

@@Yurithecampguard lol, which is so weird because economic theory prioritizes infrastructure spending as a major contributory factor to economic development, and improvements much more than taxes.

[@Yora21]

And after people are killed, it's on the news for 2 weeks, and then it's out of mind again.

[@lego4av]

This what Eisenhower talked about the danger of big military industrial complex consequence

[@TorreFernand]

Meaning the Army Corps of Engineers shouldn't be operating the network of Locks and Dams?

[@lego4av]

@@TorreFernand the priority of national security.. the US military budget comes out thin air . But everything else is a struggle....

@@TorreFernand $5 billion justifies $750 billion?

[@savimidtveit4061]

Charles Crandall what justifies the 750 billion on war and military?

@@savimidtveit4061 Israel is our BFF and we need to protect him/her/it. Women and POC need a place to spread their wings and get fat. Who doesn't like guns and tanks and planes and stuff like that?

[@caroleeberhardt7844]

A far cry from the cities we toured in China and the Meglev train. Everything was brand new and clean.

[@AG-yc7vt]

All the buildings are clean, but the average citizen isn’t because they aren’t allowed to take showers in the sweatshops.

[@floppingtuna2022]

@@AG-yc7vt that’s because China is a developing country, as in a global south country. Comparing them just by using their GDP is lacking vision of the whole. They still have ways to go until they become like SK or Japan economically for everyone. Comparing the global North standard to China is already mute...

[@AG-yc7vt]

@@floppingtuna2022 Japan got absolutely wiped out during WW2, both China and Japan's current government regime started at around the same time. (The US puppet Japan, and Chinese communist government were implemented within 12 months of each other). Why is Japan doing so well, and China not? If you would like to give me a reason, I am ready to listen :)

[@floppingtuna2022]

@@AG-yc7vt now, Japan did manipulate it's currency to make it more favourable in exports, so much that Japanese exports were slowly overtaking US' products in their own market. Heard of Toshiba? Sony? Mitsubishi, Toyota, Honda etc. The Japanese were dominating the US market in Price and Quality! The reason why the US had an easy time forcing Japan to sign the Accord was partly because of US troops on Japan soil. Can't exactly say no. But still, even if Chinese people, and Koreans too, have trouble forgiving Japan for it's WW2 crimes (and the fact that Japan refuses to teach this subject in their history class, actual fact, or glossed over), the normal Chinese person doesn't hate Japanese. They now mostly admire their work ethic, quality of products and their politeness! So now about China. Qing dynasty was an ailing country by the 1900s and after multiple wars then civil war since the Republic of China leader wanted to become emperor again smh, made warlords control the country until they wage war again for control but by then, rampant corruption was everywhere and everyone wanted best for themselves. Note that China has failed spectacularly to modernize due to the internal strife (and conservative Qing) and got a lot of help from various sources, such as US officers, British officers, German ones (even Nazis) and Soviet ones. Then lots of thing happened, first civil war happened, then 2nd Sino-Japanese war which further bombed everything to oblivion, then the continuation of the civil war, which was largely attributed to the KMT's inept and inner corruption. Now Mao isn't the founding father of communism in China but he is one of the communist who survives the Communist Purge and war, and led and therefore he became leader I.e Chairman. This stoopid idiot (well we do have history insight) was too obsessive with communism and failed to plan properly things (he wasn't an economist obviously. Communism, the idea itself, isn't bad. Everyone is equal and everyone owns everything. But in practice, man greed and the need for continuous surplus of everything in order to make communism viable was just not possible, esp with a hasty go on the plan known as the Great Leap Forward, right after the elimination of the 4 Pests the year before which disturbed the ecosystem and floods which went unreported in those days of corrupt officials. Tons of ppl died but the plan went on for the next 10-15 years with fewer problems (?). He attempted to regain political power back from his blunder by doing a colour revolution to truly show communism (doesn't) work. It's only by the time of his death in 1976 then a struggle for power in which a relative rightist member become the leader: Deng Xiaoping. This dude is the literal architect of modern China. He made so many economic reforms that were much needed which successfully got US and Japanese capital to build factories and such. Tiananmen square, largely portrayed by the West as a pro-democracy thing, was more of a mixed issue that were raised by students. Initially, the rapid industrialization made people who went to school and now have a degree come out and has no job. The ones who landed jobs easily were people who were connected to officials

[@floppingtuna2022]

@@AG-yc7vt the second part is that the inflation was rising fast. In one year, bread was priced at 0.5 dollar (hypothetically) went to 2 dollars within a few years which enraged mostly the student population as they were the properly educated people. The initial leaders wanted change in the party but by that time, Deng already had less power due to his reforms that we're creating a Right and a Left in the Party, with different cliques wanting different things. Anyways, long story short, they mostly fixed both of these issues but some militant leaders ganged up and forced the use of military (no police back then) to clear put the remaining students (most moderates and initial leaders were gone at that point). The deaths, in thousands, happened in the nearby streets after bilateral confrontation happened on one street which later spread. In 2001, the US had basically twisted other nations arms for the approval of mainland China into the WTO (world trade organization) which rose China's trade influence. Before that, all trade had to be done through Hong Kong (Interntional and national policies) hence HK's growth. The US corporates saw a large population with cheap labor for a few decade that are willing to work for cheap because all older generations know starvation (only the current gen z live w/o the poverty, homelessness and starvation). So anyway, factories were built, China kept investing in education, health care and most importantly, infrastructure since that was what made Japan so strong economically. For financial guidance, China typically studied the Singapore way as well as USA's and Japan's. So this is why China is still a global south country. They only had 40 years of change that were more pronounced in the last 20 whereas the Japanese were doing it since after the war unlike a stoopid idealistic visionary.

[@The_General_Zubas]

"A Nation that destroys its soil, Destroys itself" -FDR. Same goes for Infrastructure.

[@kingargon]

Its*. It wouldn’t be a nation that destroys it is soil, it would be a nation that destroys its soil.

[@The_General_Zubas]

@@kingargon thanks

[@josephstalin8618]

How is that logic? You Americans make me laugh. Because soil equals infrastructure? Stop eating hamburgers honey. Greetings from Holland

[@The_General_Zubas]

@@josephstalin8618 It's A quote from A president. I Tried to use it as Context for the Conversation.. But hey sure, let it fly over your head, IDC. *Whoosh*

[@josephstalin8618]

@@The_General_Zubas I only know America from the movies and music. Great both, really. But then when I hear the stories from my friends and family that went to the States it sounds like it is a third world country. Maybe you people should invest in your public provisions and not in an army? Just a suggestion.

[@chrisbynum4438]

This seems like a better gig for this reporter than when they sent him to Africa to try moonshine LOL

[@jamellahmad4410]

Chris Bynum remember when they sent him do afrikan wrestling and he wore the diaper and wrestled the guy. He was skinnier then too

[@justinkort9891]

He also spent a few nights camping in and amongst piles of used syringes 💉 and garbage while day raiding poppy fields in eastern Europe too which was kinda dark

[@JC-yi7vu]

Or the time they made him fist fight in Peru. I love Thomas. He's my favorite.

[@dfgndfghdfghdfgh]

you think staying the city you live in and doing a report on infastructure is better than getting the chance to go to Africa and get drunk? wtf?

[@dfgndfghdfghdfgh]

@Mwaniki Mwaniki been to Kenya 3 times my guy, absolutely love it 🇰🇪

[@chigasaki06]

After living in Asia and then returning to the states, I experienced reverse culture shock. In some areas, it was like going from the Jetsons to the Flintstones. It's embarrassing that a country that prides itself on being the preeminent world power, has crumbling highways, crumbling bridges, no high-speed rail, and very little public transport infrastructure. At this rate, developing countries will surpass us. Instead, public services are being gutted, more wars are being provoked, leaving nothing for the betterment of the country.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

It's very easy to build new infrastructure, it's hard to replace existing infrastructure or repair existing infrastructure. Also countries like China don't have property rights, here in the US to get one centimeter of private land for a new road involves a lengthy court battle that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars

[@chigasaki06]

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Valid point. However, our infrastructure was ignored. If incremental improvements were made regularly, we wouldn't have this problem. It boils down to priorities.

[@evano5635]

Adam Smith but China is still doing things in every way better than American. Y’all find every single reason to talk shit about China

[@davidmoore5004]

I feel like it's the major reason for homelessness too because there is plenty projects that we could use manpower for.

[@Lalalalalelo]

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv I prefer the reasoning that the Chinese just get shit done.

[@Jegrygerfede]

America feels like the Soviet unions in the late 80’s

[@hk-4738]

You have completely lost your sense of perspective, my guy.

[@Tokomi]

@@hk-4738 no I think you lost sight of perspective of modern day. Take the pandemic and everything into account. The US economy is more divided then ever before. Infrastructure is still only getting worse. Then our world influence is going down the drain. If it were still the 80's it would look a lot like the ussr right before the collapse. Divide killed the USSR why wouldn't it kill america? The economic and political divide is insane

[@Gekumatz]

@@Tokomi this is what happens when you have nothing else to do, you compare the US to the USSR, the only thing they have in common in the first 2 letters in their name.

[@gibetax8477]

@@Tokomi tokomi?

[@bobshenix]

@@hk-4738 He's actually more in tune with the reality than you are.

[@LoyaltyIsFirstVideo]

America: spends trillions on wars that make the world less safe and end up actually creating more terrorism Also America: domestic infrastructure, education, and healthcare is crumbling

[@ou6775]

also america: elects idiot orange to exacerbate problems

[@MrAndrii11]

by wreaking havoc elsewhere, the U.S. attracts extra cash flow from all over the world since the tycoons from all over the world need a safe haven for their money. This way the US dollar remains the world's most desirable currency, the Federal Reserve keeps printing money out of thin air

[@MrAndrii11]

oh, and by the way, the U.S. needs endless warfare overseas to maintain high level of the military spending, military factories keep working, the workers keep working, keep getting paid, etc.

[@maze2512]

LoyaltyIsFirstVideo USA didn’t create terrorism ackkkmed. If you’re referring to salafis jihadist that’s down to Muslims. Ight.

[@vibhanshuvaibhav335]

@@maze2512 if you invade any country they are the defender just remember that and also us is responsible for isis power vacuum in iraq. Also problems in libiya Afghanistan iran yeman etc. And also nuclear radiation in Pacific ocean islands nation (don't remember the name)

[@wibbers4578]

America does not need infrastructure, schools, healthcare, policing or basic societal needs damn you! It needs anther 50 Ford class aircraft carrier for its navy! YehA! Show the world who's Boss!

[@Stone_624]

Heck Yeah. 50 Sweet new American Aircraft carriers. Estimated completion time : January 2080 Reason : Accounts for delivery delays due to faulty infrastructure.

[@gusa8006]

Pathetic

[@wibbers4578]

@@gusa8006 What is. r/woosh

[@gusa8006]

@@wibbers4578 Fixing America's crumbling infrastructure $ Trillions squandered on war

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

LOL exactly! It's insane!! This is what happens when you pass "citizens United" and make a piece of paper a legal person!

[@peace8373]

More important to give the rich and wealthy a trillion dollars in tax breaks, than to make the country more efficient. Now you too can see the investment class are extractors, not builders.

[@saxbruce]

The USA seems to have, on the whole, a different outlook regarding the total support of it’s own people. The idea seems to be, pay almost no taxes, and receive absolutely nothing in return to make your life safe and comfortable. You are reaping the crop of that flawed ideal, and will continue to slip down the grading lists of any worthwhile civilized country standards.

[@erickelley1680]

the funny thing is most of these issues are occurring in the larger cities, that are democratically controlled. my area is republican controlled and our roads are great. outside of the winter pothole formations. most of the time there's always some sort of road maintenance going on to repair damage that occurred because of the salt once winter is fully over.

[@diegomurua4798]

@@erickelley1680 Tbf, red states are car dominated

[@alexanderpoppyfeet443]

@@erickelley1680 Don't make it political both parties are at fault here.

[@jackwattson992]

@@diegomurua4798 every US state is car dominated LMAO

[@diegomurua4798]

@@jackwattson992 I meant to say relatively, older states like NY, the general north east, those states have more public transport, but not big red suburban states like Texas.

[@wyattshanahan]

Sitting here as Texas and the south have failing power grids after the ice storms like hmmm

[@HectorGonzalez-hl9oy]

Okay but the power grids is not the government fault Texas was already told to do something about it or something like this would happen and look what happened 🤔 hmm but I get your point

[@californiamade5608]

@Ramen Lover wtf does California have to do with it? It’s the only state putting the most in its infrastructure, keeping its bridges maintained and seismically safe. Building renewable energy as we speak. Come on now

[@babyhushpuppi2697]

@Ramen Lover chinas builds beautiful homes out of cardboard they are good at making cheap look expensive

[@babyhushpuppi2697]

@Ramen Lover America does the same things majority of houses are made out of paper millions and layers of paper

[@babyhushpuppi2697]

@Ramen Lover houses are not 100% wood it’s called drywall bud

[@user-nh7my6gg5b]

We're in Late Rome.

[@Zelp789]

The decadence, the political tension, the inequality and debt. Yep.

[@SirCatWaffel]

Wow thank god somebody sees it.

[@snuggle7437]

Roman republic or roman empire?

[@Zelp789]

@Basil II Probably the next religion will be an environmentalist religion.

[@Zelp789]

@ᛏᛟᚱᛋᛏᛖᚾ ᚺᚨᚴᛟᚾᛋᛟᚾ It will get so bad, I will likely choose suicide.

[@Michael-it5zz]

Where the hell has Thomas Morton been? Vice isn't the same without him, glad he's back.

[@bl00dkillz]

Perpetually stuck in the hudson tunnel

[@danntrev]

Because it’s an old report they repacked and re released

[@78625amginE]

Ax El Lol probably true. I imagine this took months to film because they had to camp out in there during filming.

[@dustrod9244]

Turns out dumping salt on steel bridges doesn't age well

[@Drarjunmenon]

*When you use all of your XP's on weapons and forget about armour upgrades*

[@SultanAbdulRehman]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tagohala]

More like Vitality upgrade lol.✌😁

[@travman1987]

When you can’t draw a conclusion about the real world without using a video game as a reference.

[@Tagohala]

@MrRpspartan Maybe politicians should play Videogames lol. Although I believe they would suck at it. lol. It needs constant attention, reconfiguring your status to a more balance build as possible and testing you limits. Most of all don't cheat, you'll defeat the purpose of the game. lol. They don't have those qualities at all lol.

[@__prometheus__]

MrRpspartan Lmao. You criticizing someone because they made an analogy that relates to them. Like you know what you’re talkin about.

[@jasonlevitt]

Flint still does not have drinking water. Tax cuts for corporations tho!

[@saswatrath609]

Flint can privatize it's water system anytime it wants. But it refuses to do so.

[@eton13_]

@Jio Boy 'Trickle Down Economics' my friend......

[@jasonlevitt]

@@saswatrath609 Privatizing was what ruined the Flint water supply to begin with. Can you name a privatized water supply anywhere in the US that works and costs less that a public asset?

[@brandonburns5365]

@san hars now you just making up shit

[@brandonburns5365]

@Ron Samba yea those cities are starting to look like Republican states like Mississippi and Alabama lol..

[@elborichu1]

Well keep spending 750 billion dollers a year on the military .

[@chigasaki06]

The military doesn't even need all that money and they often lose track of their spending. If a third of that wen't elsewhere, it would alleviate most of these issues. The leadership in this country is pathetic.

[@highvalueproductions7655]

They need to make it 1000 Billion

[@comradeweismann6947]

@@highvalueproductions7655 Exactly, and they must not stop until the entire world becomes the *United Continents of Murica*

[@TheJanam1]

@@highvalueproductions7655 that would be a trillion

[@krasavchik8714]

Its how weak can negotiate with strong. If you as a taxpayer don’t give them that, then the most logical thing for them is eliminate you and take your staff. Its all about balance of power. Look at the grand scheme of things. You weak? You afraid of death, prison, torture and other things? Than you are a food for those who are strong in the first place.

[@sparksmacoy]

This is what happens when you have major wealth inequality and a bloated military industrial complex.

[@BradHolkesvig]

I moved back to Barcelona, Spain last fall after living in California where I raised my family. The streets there are horrible compared to the streets here in Barcelona. They are constantly working on their infrastructure here by remodeling the old underground subway systems, streets, sidewalks and seaport. The people here have to pay high taxes but at least some of the money gives them a beautiful city that works good for them.

[@bumface8350]

Derek aka Derek GDP doesn’t measure citizens well being. I doubt anyone in Spain cares how much the GDP is as long as they can ride a subway without the roof falling off

[@benjamintorres9211]

Derek aka Derek this is a typical response to someone who dares say a country does better than the USA, yeah california’s gdp outpaces a lot of places yet people can’t afford to live there anymore and tons of homeless people everywhere, not to mention terrible public transit but hey at least the gdp numbers are up!

[@tekkenfan01]

Check out Spain’s unemployment even before the pandemic

[@jacobs2099]

I live in northern california and if you think California has bad streets you should go to places like Arkansas and Mississippi. Literally third world, as in the city in mexico I'm from has better streets.

[@ZCT808]

You talk about high taxes, but for me I consider not only the taxes I pay, but also the stealth taxes. Things like health insurance premiums, copays, out of pocket. Then all the stuff that is ‘free’ in other countries we also have to pay for. Toll roads/bridges. Overpriced internet, cell service and other utilities that are basically monopolies here. Child birth, day care, schooling and lack of maternity/paternity leave. So yeah, in reality any money we save in taxes are definitely spent in other areas. And it is shameful how run down we are letting this country get. It really is like USSR in the final days.

[@Erebus-PCFX]

Looks like being dumped by Disney has been beneficial to Vice's production quality. Nice!

[@dertythegrower]

Disney bought vice and fox as well has input to vice.. its been ruined.. ive been here since day 1, one of my videos on vce romney videos is older than this sjw reporter has been actually hired, get real please..

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

I...what

[@Ianmundo]

I visited LAX a few years ago, it was an absolute dump. Shockingly bad.

[@philipthomas6808]

Yeah, it's an older outdated airport that was last built and considered modern in the 1960's, but after 50 years of neglect and too little reinvestment, it's really time for an all new state of the art airport...

[@spencerwilton5831]

Ianmundo JFK is almost as depressing. And don't even get me started on the obnoxious staff. As the first point of contact for millions of visitors to the US every year it creates entirely the wrong impression. I have flown to African nations with better airports.

[@horstguntherludolf6357]

@@spencerwilton5831 its not the wrong impression. its humble. it says: "we are a thrid world country with the biggest millitary and still believe we are the worlds leader". sad story.

[@ALWH1314]

Lax went through some renovations that converted international terminal to a shopping mall (and consolidated many airlines lounges, so now the few lounges are worse than 7/11 in term of services, food/drinks and seating), but nothing to streamline moving passengers through faster and zero improvement to the nearby roads. It takes, on average, 40 minutes for an Uber car you reserved to pick you up at the international terminal. I guess COVID-19 must helped to reduce the number of people going through, just hope Lax is smart enough to take advantage the time to improve the infrastructure.

[@basedgodstrugglin]

@@ALWH1314 it’s a big project going on right now to modernize the airport. Been going on for some years

[@sirmustard5337]

Im from Germany and been to america multiple times. That the Infrastructure is really Bad was litterally the First thing i noticed

[@robruitenbeek4063]

Travelled from Washington to New York by train 3 years ago. As a European it was shocking to see the state of the railroads and stations. Absolutly not compareable with the Netherlands.

[@Conclusius68]

@Albert Fels Would you be so kind to inform the Dutch news media and government officials of your findings? Because this should make headlines in the Netherlands. I mean it.

[@tube.brasil]

Not true. I made the same trip some years ago and it was comfortable. Europe is falling apart too.

[@crissd8283]

The US is also very spread out. It takes a lot of money to maintain tracks in the midwest while there is very few who travel on these routes. The metrix are very different in the US. Just because it works in Europe doesnt mean it will work in the US.

[@billyteflon1322]

That is not a fair comparison by any means.

[@GirtonOramsay]

@@crissd8283 This is just excuses. Russia, Finland, and Scandinavian countries have country-wide train routes in much more inhospitable arctic terrains that operate just fine. You only need a few main routes across the plain states to get sufficient coverage for the main urban areas.

[@totifernandez9532]

Inspecting a bridge, finding a hole, marking the date on the hole, coming back a year later to see how much it was grown, and marking the date again. Great maintenance work.

[@jerromedrakejr9332]

And what to do? He is an inspector, he inspects, he found the problem, marked the problem, wrote a report on the problem and reported it to the authorities. The authorities did not take any action, the following year he repeated the procedure, until the moment when he report that the bridge is no longer for use. Don’t blame him for poor maintenance, it’s not his job.

[@mihapetek3418]

@@jerromedrakejr9332 You're right. He's just doing his job. It's not like he can do anything more than just inspect the bridge and do the report... Not his fault if the bridge fails

[@ChaplainDMK]

Plus what can you do? The structural members of the bridge are turning to rust, you cant just put some more metal on and call it a day. Like they said, it needs massive work, probably would be cheaper to replace it.

[@DustyyBoi]

That is literally his job? Yearly inspection of things??

[@carlosmanoba]

Sad he doesn't control the budget

[@jacobgoldenofficial4321]

I drive across the USA and I approve this message

[@tylernolan8288]

Went to LA (from the UK) afew months ago and we were genuinely shocked by the fact that there would be potholes and pavements with tree roots sticking through and being bumpy throughout neighbourhoods with multi million pound houses in the Hollywood hills. The outside lanes of the highways were unusable they were so worn down- we were in shock and never again will we complain about UK roads, America really needs to spend billions, if not trillions before they start trying to do anything else

[@natedog2304]

So that’s Los Angeles

[@tylernolan8288]

@@natedog2304 yes

[@rorygee482]

When American billionaires are investing in politics and colonizing Mars you know you’re done as a realistic country.

[@krunkle5136]

America has always been a land of escapists that rarely focus on ground issues.

[@mennol3885]

Not to moot your general point, but Musk BECAME a billionaire AFTER he chose to invest his money in thing he believed in like space and electric cars. However most billionaires just sit on their money and "invest" it in assets and then demand the FED and the government to make up policies to increase the value of those assets. Money printing and government contracts are socialism for the rich.

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

@@mennol3885 ....and capitalism for the poor.

[@matthewostrand617]

not the billionaires' job to fix federal infrastructure, nobody except for the government has the trillions of dollars necessary to fix this problem, and politicians would rather focus on things that get voters and ignore the real issues.

[@shinji1264]

@@krunkle5136 Maybe now... But not back then

[@FootballMemes02]

America when asked to improve their infrastructure: *NOPE* America when they find a small country in middle east with oil: *Cowabunga it is*

[@huntersw2]

It is not cowabunga it is fortunate son

[@beepboopbeepp]

Jio Boy Foreign interference other then peacekeeping doesn't help the situation stabilize, that is the problem everywhere, and the fact that middle east and african borders were drawn by people ignorant to the population within those areas. Even if a country like Syria has Assad and he is a bad ruler, it will still be better to live under a dictator and have a house and be somewhat safe, then to live in a modern day wild west where terrorist and thieves are everywhere, there wouldn't be a ton of people running for their lives if their country was at least under one government and not in endless wars, when that has happened, then one can talk about sanctions and diplomatic ways to punish said country, to make them come to the negotiating table.

[@earthman6700]

Iran gets a rough deal amongst many rough deals.

[@raif7195]

@Jio Boy That would be in case if there was no coruption but the reality is pretty sad,truth is if US didnt steal that oil US would no longer be a empire anymore,US petrol dollar would colapse and so would US with it,US will never leave middle east until the last drop of oil,US still wants to invade Iran but gota do the propaganda first,open Fox news if you dont believe me.

[@greenman8060]

@@raif7195 the U.S. has the largest reserves of oil in the world so wtf are you on about. The U.S. does not want to invade Iran. Trump even said so. Only reason we killed Suleiman was because he orchestrated the deaths of hundreds of Americans in Iraq and Syria.

[@babington4394]

Americans care about the most superficial issues rather than the ones that affect our future, take for example, banning tik tok, over the crumbling infrastructure.

[@oz5798]

americans? i think you mean the "american" government

[@xxbabaxx12]

@@oz5798 democratic government so they represent majority of Americans is correct. can't just blame the government, you vote them in they represent you good or bad.

[@Jawshuah]

I support both. the republicans just want no more examples of government doing good things.

[@cupguin]

Tiktok makes for good clickbait. Infrastructure that few people understand the value of less so. It's also less direct, farmers have problems and a nice simple solution like "trade deal!" is an easier sell than "we're going to invest in silt removal in Louisiana".

[@hepthegreat4005]

Sorry, but it's not tiktok were worried about. It's the ccp collecting information on our children, and their laws that are an international attack on free speech at the same time. It needs to go away.

[@si-yuandong6450]

I’m Chinese. In China all major construction corporates are state owned, and they were actually military engineering Corps before reforming into civil companies. Till today, these construction workers still operate with heavily militarised command chain and discipline, and this’s why they work so efficiently.

[@floppingtuna2022]

Don’t even try, they will lash out at you saying no human rights, cOmuNiSm and Kung Flu 🙄

[@theafflictionvhs17]

It’s easy when you have total control.

[@behemoththekitty]

In the US it's subcontractors hiring other subcontractors to subcontract. This country is helpless! Even if it were to pour trillions into rebuilding 70% of the money will get squandered on management and administrative work.

[@ruslangurbanov1482]

It is easy to have a strong discipline with slave labor

[@nickpn23]

Multiple building and bridge collapses though.

[@udayo9930]

goddamn Vice have really upped their game

[@TheBubblegum420]

They’ve always had game

[@captaingreenhat]

Not really because they don't address the fact people want to fix things but democrats don't want to give the other side any wins so nothing gets past the house. As long as media companies speaking truth to power is one sided they will keep enabling partisan shannanegains.

[@polygondwanaland8390]

@Ron Samba One party in China currently has 10% of the world population under hard quarantine, and we have no idea what's happening in there.

[@obsidianstatue]

it's not just about the funding, it also has to do with the lack of qualified people. China is in the process of the biggest infrastructure build up in human history. So they have all the necessary supply chains to realize all the infrastructural plans. Now China is exporting their infrastructure prowess through the Belt and Road initiative, replicating what China has done on a continental scale, you just can't compete with that. Chinese nuclear energy companies are even contracted by the world to assemble and build the core component of the ITER Fusion reactor in France (International Thermal nuclear experimental Reactor), This is because Chinese nuclear engineers to welding specialists are constantly building new nuclear power stations. Not only the US is lacking in funding, it's lacking in qualified people too.

[@brandonbradley5387]

To be honest, China really scares me. They are a nation of united people with a driven culture and mentality to become number one through whatever means necessary.

[@evano5635]

Brandon Bradley China doesn’t care about being number one they are just doing business and living there beat live.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Evan O But by trying to do business, they’re upsetting the status quo position that the US already held. Large portions of our world economy now revolves around China, its manufacturing and supply lines, and its army of laborers. Which means that people ought to be scared more of the economic impact of corona virus rather than fearing of catching the virus.

[@jarent2652]

The UK spends billions on their infrastructure. The USA can do it if they want to, but you have been choosing your military over infrastructure

[@Murphy82nd]

JAR ENT the UK and other NATO members don’t have to spend as much on their militaries because the US essentially does it for them. The US doesn’t have that luxury. If you think Russian and Chinese economic expansion won’t eventually end in conflict you’re fooling yourselves.

[@KSheehan77]

It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Full speed ahead and probably too late to slow down now.

[@voltagedrop5899]

+ Crafted By brought to you by: democrats and their economic illiteracy.

[@kaninma7237]

@@voltagedrop5899 Brought to you by: right wing trickle down economics perpetrated by right wing democrats and ultra-right wing republicans.

[@joebertolini3518]

As described by Jethro Tull in "Locomotive Breath".

[@voltagedrop5899]

@@kaninma7237 media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/2016-budget-chart-total-spending2.png take a good long look at thing chart and tell me, which policies does the federal government spend the most amount of money on? hint: it's not defense (not even close).

[@jonathanchen5902]

China Good at building infrastructure USA: We need to repair this Also USA: Anyways, 750 Billion add into Military

[@vanshthakkar722]

Whole western china is more than trash...mthey prohibit their media to show thatvpart to show that china is best... Well only very small part of china is like shanghai

[@jonathanchen5902]

@@vanshthakkar722 u Indian lol go to china

[@mirizid9667]

@@vanshthakkar722 Well, tell that to Urumqi then. That city is still better than most "developing" country

[@basshunterdota625]

@@vanshthakkar722 even poor city or 3rd grade towns in china are more cleaner ,have systematic planning & infrastructure 😂

[@-KillaWatt-]

It may seem China is making progress with infrastructure but if you look just beyond the surface of fancy buildings and bridges you see shoddy workmanship. The poorest of materials used and a labor force hardly enticed to do their best if you know what I mean. There are countless compilation videos here on KZbin of entire buildings and bridges collapsing in China. You know that one guy who takes something apart and when he puts it back together there is a screw leftover and they just shrug their shoulders. Well China's infrastructure is that guy. It's easy to build a hospital in 10 days when you leave out 90% of what makes a building a building. There was a video of it here on KZbin. Floors that fell through. No insulation between walls. No ventilation and parts that did have ventilation led to nowhere. Electrical outlets that didn't work. Requiring walls to be removed after construction to fix them. Water only available in half the building. They even made a big deal about how the hospital uses green energy which led to power supply issues. Requiring China to quietly connect the hospital to the power grid in shame and on top of all this they didn't even take into account for the size of medical devices like MRI machines. Requiring them to tear down even more walls to fit the things a hospital needs in the building. This is China's infrastructure in a nutshell.

[@XiyuYang]

Spending billions in defense: No problem Spending a few millions in healthcare, infrastructure, welfare: sOuNdS LikE ComMuNiSm tO mE I will never understand you, America.

[@lachlanchester8142]

They could spend so many millions less on the military and it would still be the best equipped, I do like a big military but I’d rather have the nhs

[@lucasjonathanalexander]

They already spend billions on healthcare and education. It already ~40% of their budget.

[@DesertStateInEU]

X Y - Its because youre economically illiterate, as well as in history and geopolitics. This is why the internet but especially voting should be IQ restricted.

[@bigiron7547]

Lol like defense isn’t important We have to spend more money on military Bc we are the number 1 super power so many countries want to see us crumble No wonder you don’t understand the USA it’s Bc you’re a loser

[@yank196101]

@@lucasjonathanalexander evidence

[@joesansone4265]

This is the type of journalism i am here for, loved this for some reason idk

[@LiveFreeorDive87]

Because you like being told what to think lol

[@ger13nunyah56]

The American Dream is slowly deteriorating like the old infrastructure

[@jco5254]

Ger 13 NunYah because of piss poor attitudes like this...

[@boomerok6214]

@@jco5254 because a good attitude is going to change all this? Lol misguided fool

[@MrMatthewb9876]

@@boomerok6214 Yup, be the change you want to see idiot.

[@adultadventures1597]

80% of americans are in deep debt/broke/paycheck to paycheck what american dream are they talking about lmao.

[@pontiaxdevonblueguer8105]

American Dream is for the rich

[@thedude652]

America: does thing (building infrastructure) better than most other countries, once. America: then brags about being the best at doing said thing for another 80 years while other countries pass us up.

[@Zelp789]

Neoliberalism and neoconservatism is to blame.

[@Zelp789]

@Logic Police LOL. Logic police.

[@Zelp789]

@Logic Police You're right.

[@CrabTastingMan]

*Neocons are just Trotskyists who got kicked out of the Left,* then they repackaged themselves into far Right and hijacked conservatives and steered them to destroy the left just to fulfill their ultimate revenge fantasy. When doing so, they used the most haphazard, radical, and wasteful methods which the old conservatives refrained from using, but they politicized everything just like radicals love doing and publicly shamed all sane naysayers and whistleblowers as "traitors." It's McCarthyism 2.0.

[@JuanAuribus]

@@CrabTastingMan bruh what

[@JuanAuribus]

@ huh?

[@madha4282]

Meanwhile, infrastructure development in South East Asia really fast growing, modern, new technology, new train track development, new airports (especially in Indonesia).

[@willh4334]

And who is investing that money?

[@ksheppard1234]

@Androva J. Don't worry about him he just in de 29° 32' 0.3768'' N and 31° 16' 14.5020'' E.

[@lairdriver]

America reminds me of that meme dog where everything is burning and he's nervously saying I'm fine

[@sBaby-yw3zy]

America is ate up with democrat ran cities.. where their local government is gettn rich and its ppl are going under at a rapid rate.. just like this video of NYC, California is the same way. And so on.. you will never see indiana and other conservative states in this type of shape just saying..

[@puprilla]

😆 ya ok fool. Where do u live?

[@sBaby-yw3zy]

Indiana fool

[@ApriFoat]

Woof

[@bsamra1124]

80s Baby u must have never been on I 70 in Indiana then. As soon as you enter Indiana from Ohio or Illinois, the roads are messed up. It’s a big joke in the trucking community.

[@BlazinNSoul]

Infrastructure is only one of a million problems we have that we will never solve. Along with entitlement and an unhealthy dose of extreme individualism. Then add to the fact that we are Republic trying to be a democracy in itself is doomed to failure. My recommendation to the rest of the world is build a better democracy which we clearly have proven we can't.

[@comrademartinofrappuccino]

American goverment just got roasted yeah. American should be disbanded, the result of that i will be miles better than the current states

[@Wingo537]

This pissed me off

[@captaingreenhat]

It should.

[@alexmojarro7960]

Look at pg&e its going bankrupt because of the fires in cali

[@mlc4495]

Blame the 65 million morons who voted Trump and the GOP.

[@anotheryoutube9631]

This is nothing new!!! Stop blaming TRUMP - Obama, Bush, & Clinton did nothing either

[@Blackowl44]

mlc449 this been a long time problem

[@andrewoh2612]

I come from a Railroad Administrative family and I'd like to share what I know about this topic. The biggest issue railway companies and services face isnt it's customers or shipment but no doubt the infrastructure. Without good infrastructure, customers and cargo supply chains can lodge formal complaints, so most railways compromise with their regular safety briefs and government inspections. However, government inspections overlook the main details. One of the biggest flaws behind the 20th century model railway system is the rails themselves. The cheap metal is prone to warping over the course of seasons. In other words since 1970, under the Nixon administration, Amtrak has been operating on the same rails since; plus, I'm unsure how many of those rail lines were previously operated such as during WW2, pre and post. Regardless, the rail lines would have undergone extreme stress, atleast, 50 summers and 50 winters, which by in large surmounts to exorbitant costs of damage and short term repairs that don't take the future into consideration. Not to mention flooding, storms and hurricanes, natural disasters like tornadoes and unforeseen conditions, and intense blizzards. As long as it fits, it ships. There is a Rail Line Track Renewal Train, that can operate only with the properly trained workers and highly skilled foremen, and a knowledgeable staff. But it only replaces the tracks and the sleepers. Depending on the machinery system, the railway plates, bolts, and spikes are automatically removed and installed; however that's dependent on how advanced the Rail Line Track Renewal Train is. In other words, it may have to be done manually with unskilled labor, which drives up costs and insurance. Not to mention, the Rail Line Track Renewal Train does not remove and replace the ballast underneath the track, which isn't susceptible to water damage, but the surrounding earth is. The ballast can also be a contributor to warped tracks due to heavy freight loads and the constant changes in seasons. Railway companies and services are on the brink of juggling paying their employees and workers, providing a service to passengers and supply chains, all while maintaining it's vast network of operators and trains on a slowly deteriorating system for an ever-growing economy. Fixing it all is easier said than done. The biggest issue of it all is energy consumption. America is one of the very few nations that still relies of coal as a nationwide source of fuel for 60-80% of it's industries' energy. Considering, coal mining is a source of income for those civilians out in the Midwest, and there by noting how dependent our nation is on this fossil fuel, railway companies take advantage of this by providing energy as a logistical supplier. Altogether, I have no doubt and have my suspicions that the Railroad has lobbied for slow progress in ensuring the future of our livestock, communities, and national interests, by firmly positioning themselves against clean energy. Infrastructure is not an issue to be taken lightly. With it revitalized, I can imagine a cleaner economy, thus' better job environments for both railway employees and workers, and opportunities in skilled labor or other areas of employment for ex-miners in the clean energy industry as maintenance for the new colossal infrastructures. The economy would be more efficient, and people can travel without holding anguish. As for clean energy backing up maintenance, there is public outcry against AIs and Drones taking the jobs of the previous miners, in-scenario skilled maintenance technicians. In that case, they can be easily retrained safely to maintenance the robots, drones, and AI systems themselves as respectable mechanical, electrical, and computer technicians. The change would be beneficial but if done without meticulous care many would be abandoned in an economic vacuum. Caution and careful planning in building an exceptional system is advised. The future however is not determined, is all up for imagination, and such a sweet systematic approach is not constructed without sacrifices. I fear that such a promising future is not an option in this decade with the extreme priority we still put on the processing of crude oil. That is my opinion. I don't know much about tunnels, bridges, semis, and shipping. Please be open and feel free to comment any criticisms. It is greatly appreciated. I hope ya'll got your tetanus shots. Hooah.

[@thelittledetailscr7231]

@li d did you just read the very last sentence? Lol

[@kylesmith9709]

TL:DR

[@kathyschreiber9947]

Thanks for this this detail. It's horrifying.

[@grumpycat6429]

I could only read the last three paragraphs. How the hell did you manage to publish a book in the comments section.

[@harrycorrea2547]

@@grumpycat6429 Haaha same here

[@horsepowermultimedia]

America: Do you want crumbling buildings? People: No America: WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE MILITARY?

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

Correction:Would you like to try out new nukes?

[@EthanL21800]

@@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597 correction: you want ptsd?

[@horsepowermultimedia]

@@hk-4738 By America, I meant the government.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

When a country spends more on maintaining a military industrial complex than the rest of the world combined......

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

Like everything else in America, the military is just another business. We're not actually fighting anyone in these endless wars, we're just making money for the military industry.

[@shadowmeister5432]

Well most of the money goes to maintaining the insane amount of roads we have due to suburbia. Look up strong towns on KZbin and it puts things in perspective.

[@SeanWork]

"was supposed to be replaced with a state of the art dam back in the 90s" - But we have trillions for war and global policing?

[@georgewashington2321]

we spend 3% of our budget on the military natos requirement is 2% and the policing is what's made the 21st century the safest in human history

[@TorreFernand]

All we had to do was not pay so much attention to the Lewinsky Scandal and we would've gotten ourselves a new dam

[@wanngie1]

@Mr K from what?

[@wanngie1]

@Mr K I know the US was part of the coalition that won ww2, but have they won any wars since? I know they have started a few minor skirmishes that have helped the bomb makers profit, but with no real benifit to invaded countries, or to the returned forces.

[@stormnet7836]

Dont worry. Once infrastructure issues starts seriously affecting the economy and production, you'll see the trillions even for the military vanish.

[@shd_khan]

If we couldn't get infrastructure done in the 'greatest economy ever', when will it ever be done?

[@renasdupont2806]

when dems do their jobs instead of 4 years of obstruction...time to work together

[@davidgafo]

When both democrats and republicans stop working for corporations. #BERNIE2020

[@jaredanderson7494]

I remind you that the greatest infrastructure project took place in the WORST ECONOMY EVER; the great depression. The money is no issue it never is an issue. The issue is INTERESTS... who gets what where when and why. Competing interests for our gov resources. Unfortunately some people have more influence and thus their interests are served more.

[@stylz1]

Cleary after the election. And remember... vote Trump! *eye rolls*

[@The_yeffy1]

@@stylz1 You can't argue that Congress has wasted so much time on trying to get rid of Trump when they could have spent all that time creating a massive Infrastructure bill.

[@tjgordon5]

US: the infrastructure will tell us when it needs to be fixed! Infrastructure: Everything you say to me Takes me one step closer to the edge *And I'm about to break!!!!!*

[@JDMKEV]

but in the end..it doesn't even matter

[@tjgordon5]

@@JDMKEV dude you dont even know what I went thru!!!! I tried so hard..

[@chameleontrapper]

@IMxYOURxDADDY is he a communist or a socialist? You trumptards can't even get that straight

[@hinzuzufugen7358]

I'm not American. I reckon that also Europe is in danger to be messed up due to the imminent, possible American Decline. What's presented here is an "epic" failure and a very bad one, going on for over 50 years in 2021. I have seen sidewalks dated "1938" in the cement slabs, in Massachussetts. Guess they've survived until this day. Who cares when "everyone" is out and about on wheels? Why walk, lose time and reduce your waist line? Elderly may tackle those sidewalks as daily challenge... The biggest takeaway: "Wall Street wants the maximum return on investment.." So the government must give them that... But federal states decide most infrastructure projects and haven't nurtured professionalism and most legislators guard - solely -their chances for reelection? Ow--- I could only chant: Good night, America, how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son... I regard - foremost - the Republican Party as the gravedigger for American Greatness.

[@realcokejam]

6:55 U.S. Army: "Hurry up and wait." That's accurate.

[@TheCloudhopper]

Having dealt with many services from within NATO and some partners, i can tell you that the US Army is not the worst. :-)

[@rabidkoalaz]

standby to standby

[@drmodestoesq]

Situation Normal....All Fouled Up.

[@speedlimitwilliamwatson9393]

America does this thing called “blame others” and it shows how selfish us Americans are. The day we take blame and shut up and spend money without worrying about a profit is the day America can turn into a real country and not a fake one

[@manuelsaiz9513]

You are 27 trillion dollars in dept. 1/3 of the total to foreign governments

[@isodomizetrumpthreetimesad2232]

Speedlimit We learned it from Trump

[@beyond-journeys-end]

I like you, you sound what is the word.. responsible !? a nice change.

[@isodomizetrumpthreetimesad2232]

@@beyond-journeys-end Like I told "Speedlimit" earlier, we learned how to "blame others" and to be selfish from Donald Trump. But, honeybunch, if you wanna drive ninety miles an hour with me I'll sure as hell take you for a drive darlin!!!!! Lemme l-l-l-lick yer GROOVE THANG!!!!!!! *BUDDLE-LUDDLE______BUDDLE-LUDDLE_______BUDDLE- LUDDLE." "Oooooh,' she squealed, as her joy-buzzer began to tingle. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" she squealed, as she reached an unspeakable climax of intense emotion.

[@missyxixi]

What the public doesn’t know is that the current debt crisis will continue and the government can keep borrow money based on the dollar which is the dominating would currency precisely because of the military power of the US. If it weren’t for the overseas military bases in Japan, Sk, Europe and Middle East, you think these countries would follow every order and side with the US on critical issues? The military spending IS the means to an end, more than citizens wills and wishes and MORE than the productivity of the American economies in general.

[@timbuckner8245]

The president never intended to do infrastructure unless he and his rich friends could make a ton of money sorry folks but that is the hard and fast truth.

[@bluebennybillionbih]

Don't blame a 4 year president for a problem that's been going on for decades.

[@randomthot125]

Orange man goooood, shutdap shutdap!

[@MillerIndustriesInc]

@@bluebennybillionbih they're not blaming trump, they're just pointing out he had the opportunity to fix it and also promised he would then went back on his word, just like all his other promises

[@MillerIndustriesInc]

@last jedi never said obama wasn't a backpedaling liar. Trump and Obama had extremely similar presidencies except Obama killed more brown people and trump took away more people's health care. They're all corrupt power hungry liars except for one man, you know his name

[@jzk2020]

@last jedi Black president; bad. Orange president; good.

[@grapsietv]

*Everything:* *literally eroding into dust *Government:* "Oh no, anyways.."

[@kausheyabasu5802]

Crumbling infrastructure is so visible in NJ,PA,NY and the midwest.

[@captaingreenhat]

It's always been bad in the Midwest but what is going on in those other states you mentioned? Aren't they high tax areas? Aren't they ran by democrats? I thought the democrats were the progressive peoples party? I'm confused, did I miss something?

[@brandonburns5365]

@@captaingreenhat there to busy subsidizing poor ass red states like Alabama and Mississippi

[@kausheyabasu5802]

@@captaingreenhat there are many cities that got "left behind". The rich left. One should go to California/ Seattle/ Austin to see fresh new infrastructure

[@franklotion7716]

I drive truck it all over America. Some states are alittle better then other but it all over.

[@kausheyabasu5802]

@Ron Samba Oh yeah that too

[@13ON3S]

Imagine if we cut military funding by half the improvements we the people would see. I didn’t even want to watch this video because it was upsetting.

[@thewhizkid3937]

I thought about the same thing and have that money distributed evenly.

[@richieblack5530]

@MaVeRiCk MoDe oh yeah dude illegal aliens do cost this country hundreds of billions every year. Its not out military that takes 600+ billion a year

[@prestonheck]

Masked Savage why not do both?

[@13ON3S]

MaVeRiCk MoDe Right😂 bruhh that’s such a small percentage.

[@MrFlatage]

@@richieblack5530 Can we have a official direct US goverment sources on your claim Mr. cowardly fake name troll who hides his identity against US Federal Law? 'not out military'? What does that even mean? Can you state the name of your s-hole country where they do not end sentences? Cos we all know that is Russia. ;-)

[@warbledurbler7905]

It's staggering to me that the U.S is so rich and yet has a massive homeless population with inadequate healthcare and crumbling infrastructure.

[@iVerzzHD]

Warble Durbler you said the answer yourself. That is the reason why they are so rich. Because they aren’t spending the money in healthcare and the infrastructure like other countries

[@Pound_Shift]

Warble Durbler , 23 trillion debt is not rich

[@barbaramaj1919]

That is what you get when you eliminate state mental hospitals.

[@warbledurbler7905]

@@Pound_Shift It's kinda like using a credit card for everything and hoping no-one comes knocking. But they will...

[@moonaka2]

@@warbledurbler7905 whos gonna come knocking warble

[@keytothegate68]

This will go from bad to worse. It will never be fixed. All we can do is remember how nice it used to be when it was new-you know 30,40,50... years ago.

[@Laking1234]

it’s a fucking street?? do you care that much???

[@completelyroundoak]

@@Laking1234 Ah yes, this whole video was only a street, no locks, no tunnels, nothing regarding shipping, this is just a guy complaining about a pothole in his street. grow tf up

[@valmal2659]

@@Laking1234 that fucking street contains critical groundwater supplies, electricity cables, signals etc, when you start getting those problems don’t complain lol

[@migs7220]

Guy at Bridge: "You're putting $ into a 20 yr old car. Looks at my 44 yr old car. Guy at burner: Back in the 1920's.... Well then...

[@rixille]

It's just an analogy, obviously you can own a 20 year old car that can be in fantastic shape and require low maintenance.

[@migs7220]

It is the same thing people told me about my project car. I love it tho. Goes fast around corners and treats me well. I get the analogy, I was just shocked or humbled about the fact 100 yr old burners were still being used. You have any money sink projects going?

[@uethuegiegjtreriopjg]

As a non American, I can't deny that America slow motion suicide is entertaining. I'm still feeling sorry for Americans tho, but we can't deny their voting led to this state of affairs.

[@zelda9406]

straight-up. Some of us americans feel the same way.... although I might add 'extremely depressing' to 'entertaining.'

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Funny how Americans continue to shoot ourselves in the foot by voting in Trump

[@DaveVersteeg]

I am also a non American, but i know that if the U.S.A. is doing bad, the rest of the western world will do bad. So i'm not feeling sorry, because it will also affect Europe. I feel angry, and scared for the future.

[@MrHistory269]

I’m ashamed of living here we are failing at everything

[@dude3278]

@@_Wai_Wai_ You talk about infrastructure but the democrats continue to riot, looting buildings and setting them ablaze. Also, 32 people have died due to the BLM riots and protests. So again, tell me how this is Trumps fault? After all, this is only happening in cities and states with democratic control. You're either completely uninformed, which by the way looks like it, or you're an idiot.

[@thiagof9481]

I'm from a third world country and I've been to New York a couple of times. My hometown subway looks way better maintained than ny's. With that said, I never had any problem moving around New York tho. Looks ugly dirty and old but works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@erikhanna4525]

not for long?

[@hubertcumberdale2651]

The London Underground, New York subway, and Buenos Aires subte are among the oldest metros in the world. Of course they look OLD

[@sjpublishing7596]

For now.

[@nikolassilos_6227]

I actually left America and moved to Norway. The reality is, life here is mind-blowingly better than where I used to live. Working in finance, I make more money than I did when I was in New York, yet I pay less in taxes. sOcIaLiSm right? I don't have to wait weeks to see my practitioner like in America, I get to drive on roads that don't have a single crack in them, most of the time I don't even lock my apartment door when I go out for short trips since it's so safe, and the cost of healthcare here is so cheap that it's mind-boggling to me. I have two kids, one born in New York and one born here, in Oslo. New York, the cost was about 11 grand. Here, it was a whopping zero dollars. Unless you're counting the paid leave, in which case it cost us -500000 krona. Make America great again my ass

[@r.a.6459]

Healthcare POV: you need a surgery Costs EU: €1 and that's for parking US: $35000000 How is anyone who work normal jobs supposed to pay that much?

[@superjack765ify]

I came here because the Edenville Dam in Michigan broke down

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Yup, and this video is so relevant now. If Trump had gone first for infrastructure than the US would have just laughed off the effects of Covid-19 because of all the jobs that would have generated. But investing $1-2 trillion was too much whereas giving the super wealthy and corporations $7 trillion is just fine..... :') It's the Democrats that are doing this too ofc.

[@honestly4435]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5vJo32wmd1qeqM The onion called it

[@gennarochianese7172]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmG0Xml3nM2AqsU

[@andrewzheng4038]

@@honestly4435 Man i knew which onion video you were linking before i even clicked on it lol

[@imchris5000]

@@Cl0ckcl0ck the state sued the feds because the feds said the dam was bad and lowered the lake level the state won and raised the water level then the dam failed some how its trumps fault

[@native2704]

The country is polarized and suffering for the sake of ideals and thoughts which don't even exist in day to day life nor solve any problems.

[@drmodestoesq]

I don't agree. If you ask any Trans rights activist they will tell you that the pronoun choice of Trans people is more concrete than any bridge in need of repair. And a Conservative will tell you that the threat of America becoming a Islamic Caliphate is more tangible than any decaying lock system.

[@native2704]

@@drmodestoesq That's the problem, it seems concrete and tangible in their minds than their valuable infrastructures.

[@destroyedidiots4730]

We have a serious issue in this country, it is the thought that you have to be polarized, current day politics are very simple minded, oriented towards mass consumption, well now we have it palatable and we can't seem to get anything going. This honestly started back with Clinton and continued to present day. We let Companies control our Government and then wonder why they setup all the improvements for massive profit for the Corps. Solution, outlaw lobbyists, period, the people should be electing officials not coca cola.

[@trentsc4929]

It's a moral issue, love of money vs love of your neighbor. Jesus saves, so *find Him quickly* to escape what's coming. ✝

[@syxx242]

as long as the idiots get to keep their guns and bibles they'll never change

[@Journeyofourlife436]

This is why we needed to focus on the inner problems of our country not someones war, someones people and someones country. Just put America first!

[@vigil3429]

So, you don't realise that USA, in reality, they're not helping anyone else, if not, they're just doing it to make the rich richer? Take this example, the oil companies who financed the campaign of George W. Bush previously expressed their interests in the oil of Iraq, years later, Bush and USA forced an invasion on Iraq, "they've got weapons of mass destruction" (none found) and guess what? Those oil companies are now in control of those resources. Also, no matter the administration, Dem/Rep, functionaries give logistic and military info to those companies to keep doing their job there. All the wars USA got involved, it's because of their own interests. Stop listening to the propaganda, even sources from the same country already reported the truth behind all that USA do abroad. Even this administration shamelessly admitted after their years of effort they now are going to have access to the oil in the north of Syria, as you can see on this report, those stolen resources not even go the average citizen in USA, if not, to the wealthy people, who don't even have to pay taxes.

[@denniskelley2697]

"America first" is funding that pointless wall 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@Journeyofourlife436]

@@denniskelley2697 Tell that to the Korean and Israel lol.

[@AfroAsiaticLanguages]

@@Journeyofourlife436 Israel and South Korea had recent wars with their neighbors. There is no war or hostility between the US and Mexico. The last time was in the American-Mexican War of 1846-48.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Close enough

[@condor5150]

Although I am critical of Vice news media, this was a well made informative documentary that taught me what I should had learned while I was in high school.

[@g0ast]

"Two ways to grow your economy: increase employment, or increase productivity" -Daniel Slane GOP: So we should cut taxes for the wealthy then?

[@captaingreenhat]

Cutting any taxes is good bc it puts money in people's pocket. I made more this year than ever and had less taxes taken out than ever and trust me, I don't make anything near 6 figures. More money in people's pockets means more spending. More spending means more demand for goods and services. More demand for goods and services means employers (rich people you complain about) have to hire more to meet demand. More people being hired means more money in people's pockets and more tax revenue generated. It's a positive feedback loop. Pretty basic stuff.

[@weirdshibainu]

If you think this is a GOP problem, you have your head up your ass.

[@stukkak1976]

@@weirdshibainu it's mostly a Gop problem.

[@weirdshibainu]

@@stukkak1976 infrastructure? No fucking way. You think dems aren't pork barreling projects? Grow up

[@Walker-ow7vj]

The working Dude then how come infrastructure wasnt improved during obamas time in office?

[@dibanpitchaimuthu9336]

Well the rich does not take the train

[@candylove49]

Dibben Nandakishor at Penn Station EVERYONE takes the train. Including the wealthy, it’s much faster.

[@monkeydog8681]

@@candylove49 Imagine how faster it would be if it run as fast and as efficiently as the shinkansen of Japan.

[@purpldream5743]

@@monkeydog8681 in japan you don't have 15 addicts asleep on the track, some dude playing a stolen set of bongo drums, A half naked lady screaming that someone took her shopping cart, someone getting stabbed over a cheese steak, and 47 people trying to scam you. on a good day

[@monkeydog8681]

@@purpldream5743 Okay. Doesn't explain the failing infrastructure though.

[@purpldream5743]

@@monkeydog8681 if you can't figure that one out on your own that's the problem.

[@virtus4776]

CUT DOWN ON THE MILITARY SPENDING

[@ranger8155]

preach

[@laws5801]

Military spending in US fills the pockets of the few rich warlords and top politicians.

[@Endoplexer]

With all of the enemies we’ve made?

[@tejasmisra9115]

@@Endoplexer With who, who exactly is going to cross the entire ocean just to attack America? No power on Earth is capable of doing that. But if America wants to protect its oil "interests" and Israel, well then that's another story...

[@fluxmuldar]

Lmao in your dreams. The US military got over $700 billion in funding for 2020. And don't forget Space Force, which is going to be another huge money sink.

[@devanman7920]

Its a very good indicator if the health of a country. Crazy how America will drop billions even trillions into nonsense wars (because it goes back to the rich) yet the place is falling apart.

[@r.a.6459]

It's wars for the bankers!!

[@tudorjason]

The History Channel aired a special many years ago called The Crumbling of America. It's fascinating and scary. When Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination, which was several months before Trump's speech, part of her platform included improving America's infrastructure. I remember when I heard her say that in her speech, I literally yelled out, "Yes!"

[@arulpr]

Americans need to use public transport more and their govt must provide better public transport to facilitate this change. This is the only sustainable solution for this problem. It is a mystery to me why America never really explored high speed rail. The country may be vast but it would been more sustainable and durable

[@robertatkins272]

Arul No, we got Tesla’s

[@AndrewAustinFrustrated]

Take Amtrak cross country to see how dilapidated much of the U.S is it's shocking and also the fact that much of the nations railway is single track with trains having to go in sidings while a train coming from the opposite direction is passing you on the same track no chance of high speed rail anytime soon methinks.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

@@AndrewAustinFrustrated Despite what you may think the USA rail system is among the best in the world. It's not tailored for passenger rail it's tailored to freight rail which is why when you ride Amtrak it seems "old" or "outdated" when in reality it is the best maintained infrastructure in the country (gee maybe that's because it's maintained by private companies and not the government...)

[@worrell30]

I can tell you this. I have lived in the south my entire life and Florida is not set up for public transit. The state is so rural and spread out that it would take a ton of money to implement adequate public transport and Florida voters are never going to approve tax increases for the long term benefit. I now live in Louisiana and can tell you that the roads here re actually worse than some poor countries I have lived in and visited. The amount of highway crashes and deaths here that are secondary to poor infrastructure is ridiculous

[@williamayala9453]

Everybody wants a bad ass car in America haha

[@kristopherkunz6523]

I used to live in Perryville. Had no idea the Chester bridge was that dangerous. I used to drive it twice daily. Scary. Thanks again vice.

[@lydiaanderson582]

@Hello Kristopher how are you doing?