It seems that you think something can’t be bad if there’s something else that’s worse.
You bringing up things that doesn’t even share a similar context is either plain stupid or very deliberate.
I’m voting for the latter.
By the way… You do agree that the Russian aggression against Ukraine is caused by Russia attacking Ukraine and that Russia have a deliberate strategy of killing civilians in Ukraine, right?
While high speed trains reach speeds up to around 350kmh ordinary trains reach speeds up to around 250kmh.
So while high speed trains can go about 50% faster than ordinary trains the price tag for building and maintaining is many times more expensive compared to ordinary railway.
So let’s start maintaining the railways we have and build more. Making sure that it’s possible to go from point A to point B safely and in time
Then we start building high speed railways, connecting major cities.