• Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    While we’re busy arguing which toilet a fellow human can use, China is investing so much in new technologies.

    We’ve fallen pretty deep, and who we elect is to blame.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 day ago

      Elections are just the surface of the problem. The real issue is who owns the factories and funds the research. In the West that’s largely done by private capital, putting it entirely outside the sphere of public debate. Even universities are heavily reliant on funding from companies now, which obviously influences what their programs focus on.