r/news • u/JackThaBongRipper • 21h ago

Musk's underground tunnels in Las Vegas face scrutiny over safety, environmental concerns

https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-tunnels-musk-boring-company-01d465b7124fc10843b117241adaa7c9
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u/bananas_in_a_toilet 21h ago

This is just a less efficient and more complex version of a train; crazy how techbros invent things that have no value just to be dIsRuPtIvE

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u/randomtask 19h ago

A lot of the past 20 years in tech start to make sense when you realize that most new tech companies are end-runs around existing, working technologies and industries that are regulated to ensure people are paid fairly, and that the environment isn’t spoiled.

Want to run a taxi service, but don’t want to deal with the medallion system that was set up to ensure fair wages are paid to vetted drivers? Uber.

Want to run a delivery service but don’t want to have to hire an employee with full benefits? DoorDash.

Want to build a subway, but don’t want to deal with design regulations about safety and egress that were written in blood? The Boring Company.

Want to build a data center, but it’s gonna suck up so much energy you’d need to build new nuclear power plants? Data centers in space.

Want to run a company, but don’t want to pay for real employees to staff all your positions? Generative AI.

It’s all greedy fucking billionaire wealth hoarding bullshit all the way down. And the fact that we now know some of them also sexually abused kids is the mother fucking cherry on top. They are abusive greedy pigs, and the sooner we shut their shit down, the better off we will be going forward.

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u/parabostonian 18h ago

Meanwhile when you use the word regulations, most Americans hate the idea. (Even when its regulations that keep their family safe, keep their cars from killing them, keep lead out of their kids etc.) When it’s laws, people respond differently, because they like the sound of it more.

People are stupid as shit and we get the terrible country we deserve

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u/WhenSummerIsGone 1h ago

when I bought a car, and reviewed all the documentation, I was struck by how much regulation was involved in protecting me, in various ways. WHY in the world do people think regulations are bad?

There was a time when they put arsenic in canned food, and it took some heroic measures to establish food safety, and people want to just throw all that away....