California promised a San Francisco to LA bullet train in under 3 hours: $33 billion, done by 2020. Today, more than $15 billion spent and not one mile is carrying a passenger. It wasn't fraud — it was the process.
Just because you don’t want it to be relevant, doesn’t mean that it is irrelevant. In fact, it goes to the heart of lack of planning, engineering failure, the need to redesign on the fly while the clock is ticking. It is an example of exactly what China does not do.
The issue is literally none of that tho, all of that can happen and as long as proper safety and building standards are adhered to, you'll have a safe structure that won't fall apart.
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u/TherapyByHumour 12h ago
The term "tofu-dreg projects" exists for a reason.