• Ethalis@jlai.lu
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    Sure, that’s great but it’s not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of “useless” scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don’t have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it’s small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      help humanity as a whole

      And here you’ve identified why they hate it. They cannot stand the idea that resources might benefit other people, resources that they could hoard instead.