Infrastructure Failures and the Deep State
July 3, 2024
Murray Rothbard was famous for his willingness to consider and advocate “conspiracy theories.” As Charles Burris ably recounts on this blog, Murray engaged in detailed historical analysis, Power Elite analysis, and economic analysis before pushing a “conspiracy theory.”
Today, in our “Age of Rage” (hat tip to Jonathan Turley), every train derailment or cargo ship crash or factory fire must be due to Deep State actors. Well, let’s look at some of the data. It surprised me, perhaps it will surprise you.
For cargo ships:
- Five times a week, a cargo ship loses power, propulsion, or steering. (Dali in Baltimore had all three.) This is based on US Coast Guard data for 22 years.
- Worldwide, two cargo ships sunk each week in 2013. In 2021, it was one cargo ship sunk each week. It is currently running about one per week.
For US trains:
- Current rate of train derailments in the USA is three per day.
- Historical peak was in 1978, about 25 per day. In 2007, it was down to about six per day.
Moral of the story is to follow Murray’s example. Look at each incident, understand the engineering issues of the incident, look for who gains or loses from the incident, look for signals of possible Deep State activity, and then present your case. Landlubbers watching a short YouTube video and then going hysterical is not a good look.
Some data links:
https://usafacts.org/articles/are-train-derailments-becoming-more-common/
https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-marine-accidents
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