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WOW: World’s Tallest Bridge Includes An Amusement Park!? Why Aren’t We Building Anything Like This?

2025-10-09 News & Politics
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The Erosion of American Engineering Ambition Versus Modern Global Feats

Discover why the United States struggles to build modern engineering marvels while China completes historic projects in record time. Learn how bureaucratic hurdles and a loss of national will stifle contemporary American ambition.

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  • America has lost its cultural drive for "greatness" projects, contrasting sharply with rapid Chinese construction feats.
  • Excessive regulation, permits, and a near-zero tolerance for operational danger actively prevent major infrastructure development domestically.
  • Reclaiming national ambition requires consciously championing difficult, awe-inspiring projects, such as renewed space exploration.

This analysis contrasts the speed of modern Chinese engineering with historical American achievements, diagnosing the cultural and bureaucratic failures inhibiting contemporary national productivity in large construction.

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Top Comments (10)

@themoose70 2025-10-09

Many of those in Chinese leadership were trained as engineers who by nature love to build stuff. The U.S. is mostly lead by lawyers who love to stop things from being built!

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@princesslithium 2025-10-10

I feel compelled to remind you Mr. Walsh, the Transcontinental Railroad was built with 15,000 Chinese immigrants.

615 53 replies
@RIGGGGGer 2025-10-12

China is running by smart engineers America is running by the senator asking “is Singapore a part of China”

603 67 replies
@vukasinu2371 2025-10-09

China is run by engineers. America is run by lawyers.

587 78 replies
@Mullet-ZubazPants 2025-10-11

Panama Canal is nothing compared to China's Grand Canal, which is 1,115 miles long. That's about the distance from NYC to Miami as the crow flies. It began construction in the 5th century, and ended in the Ming Dynasty. It's still used today

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@sigerlion8608 2025-10-11

China made the Great Wall 1000s of years ago. Creating new world shattering feats is not novel to the Chinese anymore. They carried that pride throughout genereations.

339 12 replies
@mickser101 2025-10-11

USA is $37,851 Trillion in Debt as of today. You're never gonna build anything like that Bridge ever again.

267 31 replies
@samuelwilliams6171 2025-10-10

Stop funding your money to Israel first

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@dashong8912 2025-10-13

The transcontinental railroad was also built by Chinese.

132 5 replies
@morbid747 2025-10-15

China build infrastructure , America build bombs.

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