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stevehawk on July 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightm...

Haven't we learned at this point that Hyerloop was never supposed to be successful? That, technically, it's success was screwing over Californian's by delaying train projects?

shuckles on July 25, 2023 [–]

Hyperloop did not move the needle on CAHSR’s success or failure, so even by that metric it was a dud.

If you are interested in what successful ratfucking psyops looks like, check out Caltrans’s recent obsession with hydrogen trains.

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