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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)
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!
I feel compelled to remind you Mr. Walsh, the Transcontinental Railroad was built with 15,000 Chinese immigrants.
China is running by smart engineers America is running by the senator asking “is Singapore a part of China”
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
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.
USA is $37,851 Trillion in Debt as of today. You're never gonna build anything like that Bridge ever again.
The transcontinental railroad was also built by Chinese.
I’m from Ghana 🇬🇭 Africa and I got to JFK airport and I was like this airport is shit.. leaking roof, rusty pillars, birds inside the airport meaning there a hole somewhere because no doors were even remotely close by Trains in Kenya are even better than nyc trains… Over the years I have noticed the decline in NYC…
A well-known British television comedy character who works as a Permanent Secretary in the government public service responds to the minister's demand for something to be done in a hurry, responds by saying "But minister, it takes time to do things in a hurry".
In US nothing is for public benefit, everything is for the benefit of the oligarchs .
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Top Comments (10)
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!
I feel compelled to remind you Mr. Walsh, the Transcontinental Railroad was built with 15,000 Chinese immigrants.
China is running by smart engineers America is running by the senator asking “is Singapore a part of China”
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
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.
USA is $37,851 Trillion in Debt as of today. You're never gonna build anything like that Bridge ever again.
The transcontinental railroad was also built by Chinese.
I’m from Ghana 🇬🇭 Africa and I got to JFK airport and I was like this airport is shit.. leaking roof, rusty pillars, birds inside the airport meaning there a hole somewhere because no doors were even remotely close by Trains in Kenya are even better than nyc trains… Over the years I have noticed the decline in NYC…
A well-known British television comedy character who works as a Permanent Secretary in the government public service responds to the minister's demand for something to be done in a hurry, responds by saying "But minister, it takes time to do things in a hurry".
In US nothing is for public benefit, everything is for the benefit of the oligarchs .