“America is too big for rail” and yet we literally had it. Almost everything we advocate for is a restoration. pic.twitter.com/zSLxKPaUE1

— Hayden Clarkin (@the_transit_guy) April 16, 2023

The same for many things. “Public transit will never work in the US!” We already had it — it was taken away.

“Small regional airports will never work!” Already had those too, and airline consolidation and high profits prioritized over all else killed those too.

“Free college will never work!” Already had that too, when we were collectively much poorer.

So many things that people claim are impossible we once had in living memory and yet people often cannot even accurately recall their own lives and experiences. Both aspects of this greatly puzzle me and I need to think more about them.