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ghloperr t1_j8esja4 wrote

By "the plot of a movie they helped to make" the article is talking about a real movie that real people from Ohio acted as extras in. Not that they metaphorically "helped" create the actual accident. I don't think anyone is blaming Ohio voters for the fact that national regulators sided with railroad lobbyists.

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velifer t1_j8epe6j wrote

We all helped to make.

We allowed corporate capture of any regulatory functions of railroads, letting the industry self-regulate and dictate legislation, and we haven't repealed Taft Hartley. We allow our political leaders to strongarm rail workers because they're still in the pockets of the robber barons. We bail out troubled companies, and put the burden of losses on the taxpayers if there's a spill.

It's another example of American progress: socialize the risks, privatize the profits.

This isn't a surprise. The book that movie was based on was written in 1985.

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