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LukeWarmCheesecake t1_j2bneid wrote

11 axles over a total of 9 cars doesn't seem that bad, no?

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felineprincess93 t1_j2buwk6 wrote

Sure, only what 19% percent of the whole fleet??

Why do we keep downplaying this gross incompetence?

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LukeWarmCheesecake t1_j2dnugw wrote

Let's pretend there aren't recalls day after day on automobiles that literally injure and kill a bunch of people before the recall gets announced, but the MBTA finding and fixing an arcing problem on 10% of cars is "gross incompetence." Whenever the government isn't absolutely perfect, we have you Republicans come out in full force saying this is "gross incompetence" and the next thing you know everything is being privatized with worse product and higher costs to the tax payer and consumer. The double standard with you guys would be funny if it wasn't so damaging to society. You're all shameful.

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felineprincess93 t1_j2e4sw1 wrote

Apparently anyone who is capable of critiquing a government is a Republican, damn I should tell the rest of my leftist friends about this metric. I should also let them know that valuing public transportation means that we should never ever try to force our government to do better, because that would be JUST like Republicans. Also if you look at the state of the MBTA system and go, yeah the only problem with this is that it's not *absolutely* perfect, you're the shameful one.

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LukeWarmCheesecake t1_j2efj1m wrote

Look where you made your comment, on a post about new trains having new train issues. You want perfection where perfection cannot exist. This has nothing to do with holding government accountable. If anything, you should be saying "wow, it's good the MBTA caught this and took them out of service and are fixing them right away as new things always have issues like this." You made zero indication you understood or care about the nuance of this subject. So, if you're not a fan of privatization, which you conveniently didn't say you're not a fan of, all you seem to be doing is circle jerking for internet points.

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felineprincess93 t1_j2el8nf wrote

I am not a fan of privatization, and don't understand why you think you get to interrogate me or my beliefs, nor why I need to lay out my entire political viewpoint for you.

I am also not the only one commenting that the MBTA has made numerous missteps in the procurement of new cars and yet you're only attacking me. Weird.

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Justtryme90 t1_j2dq7q8 wrote

Would it not be worse to leave the problem cars rolling until something bad happens? This was bad when I thought it was all of the new trains cars. However it's only 9, which is not a big deal.

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and_dont_blink t1_j2csjky wrote

They don't feel they can affect change, and it's hard to place blame without running into real political, policy and optics issues (which currently lead to your being called names and screamed at) so it somehow becomes the fault of people a thousand miles away.

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snorkeling_moose t1_j2e4101 wrote

Catching an error isn't gross incompetence, it's recognizing a mistake and addressing it. No?

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felineprincess93 t1_j2eb7j1 wrote

This isn't the first time the new OL trains have been taken out of service due to a potential issue, which makes me question the longevity of this fleet.

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