The german train engineers are posed to go on strike over, among other things, a shorter work week and now the country is gripped in fear over "what if they can't run the trains anymore" as if I don't spend at least 30% of my rides standing around a train station that had all the benches removed because a homeless person was spotted 2 towns over once as the train I'm supposed to take just gets cancelled because "the train engineer is sick and we couldn't manage a replacement"

Same with every other public sector going on strike actually. The horror scenario everybody keeps describing if the union gets their way is just a description of things as it is. Imagine if the public servants had to work two hours less, we'd take 15 years to build an airport.

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[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not simply adopt Socialism with Chinese characteristics? Are they stupid?

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(this is Wuhan in 2012, the amount of trains have more than doubled in the 11 years since)

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

skill issue, libs need to git gud if they want to remain competitive in the international marketplace of ideas pathetic

[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Sounds a lot like the UK where the narrative is "It was awful when rail was nationalised and all the trains were run down and late as opposed to today, where trains are run down and late and also it costs £350 to travel from London to Manchester"