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How come "We have to do it because China does it/Is going to do it" only applies to throwing public money at scams or the weapons industry, and never investing in infrastructure (hexbear.net)

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this is a good argument but to make it more palatable to porky you gotta invert it and pitch Saudi Arabia as the blueprint (though I guess there's nothing fundamentally different between Elon's hyperloop and the typical Saudi projects that never materialize)

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

China is going to drown out American ingenuity unless we declare a war on science and spend billions researching things

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

You can't be beaten at science if you get rid of science. think-about-it