The American Empire was showing signs of decline possibly as early as the 1970s but America is collapsed in theologically and the infrastructural pillars holding this place up are being kicked out because of that, which will facilitate further collapse. Blue States should just leave the union already

[–] Sergio@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The voters. The voters forced this.

[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

That’s not wrong, but it’s also reductive and borderline misleading.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, the numbers back this up. NIH funding has been stagnant in real terms since 2003, and NASA's budget as % of federal spending is about 1/4 what it was during the Apollo era. Meanwhile China's reserch spending grew 16% annually from 2010-2020. We're literally choosing to give up our scientific edge.