return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareAntY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI remember seeing an interview with Margaret Thatcher where she said that rail could never be successfully privatized. Just as a reminder of how extreme Musk’s ideas are.
minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoThatcher’s successor, John Major, oversaw the privatisation of British railways between 1994 and 1997. It only took 30 years for them all to completely collapse in 2024.
minus-squareoverload@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBritish Rail Service is so bloody expensive as well. Seems like you guys have these, essentially, per-track monopolies.
I remember seeing an interview with Margaret Thatcher where she said that rail could never be successfully privatized. Just as a reminder of how extreme Musk’s ideas are.
Thatcher’s successor, John Major, oversaw the privatisation of British railways between 1994 and 1997.
It only took 30 years for them all to completely collapse in 2024.
British Rail Service is so bloody expensive as well. Seems like you guys have these, essentially, per-track monopolies.