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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Imagine how much good could be done if we just took Elon Musk's stuff and used it to fund public education, public healthcare, poverty reduction, drug abuse treatment, and the like. Instead that shit strain is hoarding all that money that came from our pockets.

EDIT: Like...instead of letting him DOGE NASA for the benefit of SpaceX, what if we just took SpaceX and folded it in to NASA?

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 27 points 3 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.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 19 points 3 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.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah, that's not donating, that's buying.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 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.

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 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.

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