• weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I am going to be extremely sad considering the amount of research and science that’s about to become privatized. Not just NASA but other government agencies and research grants.

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      12 days ago

      Ya, Bill Gate started the trend with “donating” to research for “exclusive rights to everything coming from the research”, with Zuckerberg et al all doing it now.

      Sprinkle in a million dollars in publicities and people believe they are the good guys too. So infuriating.

    • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      We’re in something akin to the latter days of the Soviet Union, in my opinion. Most Americans just can’t see it, because our bureaus/oligarchs, etc…have different titles.

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        11 days ago

        Oh I see it, these fucks are going to try and sell off OUR infrastructure and lots of everything else against our best interest to a bunch of billionaires for pennies on the dollar.

        Austerity is the term, punishment of the masses to enrich a few. Read Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.