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Journeyman

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3. There, you get innovation and wonder. Here, ridicule and scorn . . .

Reply to Tennessee Hillbilly (Original post)

Sun Jul 13, 2025, 03:17 PM

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Compare China's move into the future with how the "Bullet Train" was resisted and disparaged here in California.

Someday, China will have trains that never stop, while we'll be chugging around in coal-powered buggies.

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