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[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I’d consider it state capitalism.

State capitalism is an oxymoron. Socialism(not Marxism which is more specific) is the collective control of the means of production, collective control includes state control, I(and I think most people) consider capitalism and socialism to be antonyms, so I don't think you can really say state control of something is anywhere near capitalism.

Amtrak is at the mercy of freight rail as Amtrak only owns 3% of the rails they operate on.

That is true, but I don't think anything stopped them from building their own track like Brightline is doing.

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