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Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes

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491 points anigbrowl | 1 comments | 14 May 25 04:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zaptheimpaler ◴[14 May 25 05:21 UTC] No.43981102[source]▶
China is the only modern country that has both the capability and the lack of bureaucracy to just do things like this. It's simultaneously amazing to see and a depressing reminder of how badly western societies are crippled by rules of their own making. It would take years to make a single new bus route in any city, I don't think I've ever even seen that happen.
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petesergeant ◴[14 May 25 05:29 UTC] No.43981130[source]▶
> China is the only modern country that has both the capability and the lack of bureaucracy to just do things like this

Habibi, come to the UAE or Qatar

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suddenlybananas ◴[14 May 25 08:55 UTC] No.43982393[source]▶
Lot of slavery involved though.
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stackedinserter ◴[14 May 25 13:33 UTC] No.43984337[source]▶
"Slavery"
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umbra07 ◴[14 May 25 17:13 UTC] No.43986930[source]▶
What term would you rather use?
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1. stackedinserter ◴[16 May 25 19:42 UTC] No.44009117{3}[source]▶
Surprise surprise, it's "employment".