“archaic, 19th century technology like trains”
False. Trains are the best high tech way to move heavy freight, which is precisely why AMTRAK and highspeed nostalgia should get the h out of the way.
If we truly had competent central planning, the central planner would plan to get the heavy trucks off the highways where they are pounding the pavement and requiring frequent rebuilding.
The real problem with central planning is that it always becomes pressure group du jour planning. In contrast the invisible hand does the same thing that competent central planning would do while avoiding the overhead of the central planners and avoiding the costs of the pressure group du jour.
LOL! No, the real problem with central planning is that it doesn't work.
The 70 year experiment with central planning ended in the late 80's, a total failure with more than 100 million people dying from central planning in the last century alone.
Seehs, what an idiotic post you put up.
Absurd nonsense fantasy. Train goes from A to B, to get to the dozens of other places the materials need to go, you put them on trucks. Trains only work as long as the tracks go where you need to be. For the other 99% of the freight hauled in this country, you need trucks.