[Rescis]

> Yes, trains already exist and have existed much longer, and yet have obviously lost out to the truck.

That may be in large part due to the substantial government subsidation of car/truck traffic through public roads, not the merits of one against the other.

[dsnuh]

Which was worth more, the government funding of the interstate project, or the almost unchecked power and monopoly of the robber barons of the Gilded Age?

[Rescis]

It would be foolish for me to attempt to quantify what worth "more"; however, it is worth keeping in mind that the railroads we're very heavily subsidized in their time as well.

http://archive.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/06/05/colla...

https://mises.org/library/crony-capitalism-and-transcontinen...