A Boring Dystopia

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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

politicians suddenly got very worried about actual scientific competitiveness and winning a competitive race on something other than bombs.

They just feared possible military applications and didn't want to fall behind.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Aye. Was a dick wagging competition, but the subtext was "we can do this with ICBMs and their countermeasures".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Point completely taken, but they at least managed to provide some window-dressing that they were advancing the state of science and knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

advancing the state of science and knowledge

I mean they did, and then they used it to build arms.