[muawiyah]

The old fable about GM is actually not a fable. There are plenty of references ~ even to court cases where people were convicted of being involved in a process of monopolizing rail transit systems, and even buses.

Check it out someday. Just look up General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy.

[SoCal Pubbie]

You're the one who need to read more carefully. GM was NOT convicted of trying to run streetcar lines out of business. They were convicted of trying to monopolize transit lines use of GM equipment.

I've actually read the history.

[Cvengr]

There is much more evidence of organized crime promoting the demolition of trolley car systems to glean the metals salvage value into their coffers without being ‘tracked’. An earlier type of money laundering.