[okie01]

To progressives, the best thing about railroads is that people riding them are not in automobiles, which are subversive of the deference on which progressivism depends.

High-speed trains are about getting rid of automobiles.

The "progressives" want us all living in high-rise apartments, crowded into the city centers -- where we are "controllable".

And the suburbs and the countryside can be left to revert to their "pristine" state.

An automobile, a home of your own...these things spell independence. Which is anathema to progressives...

[Nat Turner]

Okie that is correct. They want us living in the world of the "Honeymooners"

Government/union jobs; small rent controlled urban apartments; public transportation and schools...

[GregoryFul]

The "progressives" want us all living in high-rise apartments, crowded into the city centers -- where we are "controllable".

High-rise apartments equipped with centralized door locking, water, power and climate control. Approved entertainment and news feeds. And cameras to monitor everyone's coming and going. Keep the ants under control! Move them around efficiently, maximize their output!