Shoutout to Reagan for defunding all of American science to dig a giant hole in Texas that the European expert counterparts already warned was a dumbass idea that would never work

It's more than just funding science it's funding education and social systems that enable people to participate, it's a culture of mutual uplift rather than a free for all deathmatch, it's a community that instead of feeling resentment for any success anyone else has shows support and seeks to learn from them.

It's weeks since I saw a thread on lemmy which wasn't attacking and shitting on anyone doing anything, sure government funding is important but it's not the only thing that matters.