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		guappa on March 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sweden Is a NATO Member And it costed us 100x more than if we just put the money into science directly! YAY!

ethbr1 on March 7, 2024 [–]

:) Politics decides funding allocation in a democracy.

And it's a lot easier to justify military spending than it is research.

Same reason NASA is the way it is, but we still have a space program.

euroderf on March 7, 2024 | [–]

see: Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility & Desirability of Peace.

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