It feels like the German railroad system is being actively sabotaged with bureaucratic obstacles and legislative nonsense, like lobbyists are actively lining the pockets of politicians to make the Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) worse.
On top of that the statements of politicians, promising to make the trains come on time by 2070(!), it feels like they are not even trying to do stuff. Now Merz said the 58€ ticket (which was already raised from 49) should cost 90€ because it “costs the state too much”.
When I look at chinese railroads, what type of rail infrastucture they can build in 10-15 years, I wonder what is going on in Germany.
I had this idea since corruption is basically legal, masked as lobbyism and because german bureaucracy is basically one of the worst in the whole of Europe if you ask me. Do you think this is too far fetched or could this actually be the case? And are you able to find some sources?
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This is the first step towards privatisation. Kinda like how the NHS is doing. Institutions are being underfunded and doctors are not being produced. Then they say “ah well I guess socialism doesn’t work” and pull the net from under you.
Its already privatized and mass-privatization in the west (germany) happened in the 90s as a response to the “economical drain” that was “synching the former GDR to the west”. The federal government just owns large shares in DB. In most federal states there are also several other private companies that run trains like SWEG (which is owned by the federal state), which was basically the only company that actually provided train transit to my home region.