334 sats \ 4 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 3 Apr \ on: Bridge collapses per year: Not happening at a particularly higher rate charts
Did Obama ruin American infrastructure? What about Trump, surely he ruined everything, right? Is Biden actively throwing American infrastructure into crisis?
No to all of the above.
https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1773038813067047197
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38 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 3 Apr
narrative violation!
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko OP 3 Apr
I don't think it's that bad. Most people here should be aware that infrastructure degrades over decades which makes marking any 4 year time period too small to pin it on it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 3 Apr
Dont know what infrastructure improvements could prevent collapse when a shipping boat runs into you...
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 3 Apr
Though infrastructure is inherently a long game, so associating failures with who's currently at the top may not actually work. Trying to parse out when upkeep was missed is a lot harder.
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