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targ
Malaysia445 Posts
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mechavoc
United States664 Posts
There is so much other waste that could be cut besides NASA and the space program. If for nothing else to give kids something other than a Sports star to look up to (who doesn't think working for NASA is something to aspire to? ) I hope private companies can pickup the slack but governments need to do their part as well. | ||
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targ
Malaysia445 Posts
On December 01 2012 01:31 S:klogW wrote: Believe me, despite your cynicism, there is at least a functional way to measure whether something benefits the public or not. In fact, there is a specific field of study on this - POLITICS. What you say may be true in a modern democratic state, but the ancient Egypt that built the pyramids definitely wasn't one. If we don't call the Pyramids a "public project", but a "government project", would that make more sense? Because the Pharaoh was the head of state, and he used public labor and money to build it. I think it qualifies. | ||
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Valadash
Canada31 Posts
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KiWiKaKi
Canada691 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
Why wouldn't it be a benefit to build a big pyramid so your god-emperor can go to the afterlife? Sounds pretty beneficial to me edit: not to mention, people thousands of years later think your civilization is pretty frickin cool, sounds like a benefit | ||
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