• CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    lol i gurantee half this thread would reverse their position entirely if it was China building particle colliders

    • SteelSun [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I would for sure, but I’m also assuming China has adequate health care.

      • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        i mean the reason why the US doesnt have healthcare is not because there isnt enough money or whatever

        its because the government is beholden to whatever special interests who benefits from the current situation

        • SteelSun [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          but I’m not talking about the money. I mean personally, in an imaginary prioritized list, healthy people comes before big fancy rings. But I don’t know enough about particle accelerators to know what comes in between, if that makes sense?

          • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I mean for the US

            Its probly like:

            #1 imperialism ...

            ...

            #5000 fancy ring

            #5001 healthcare

            Anyways death to america

            Also this thing probably wont get funding

            They've wanted to build one for years now and its still not happening

          • Runcible [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Unless you're saying that particle physicists only get to do this after they form the vanguard the "but I’m not talking about the money" doesn't clarify things if you accept that there is no conflict between universal health care and this project.

            • SteelSun [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              What. WHAT. All I’m saying is, if you’re going allocate funding to anything it should be to peoples health and happiness first and foremost. The idea of putting cost of the two projects head to head is unfair due to the years and years of healthcare negligence.

      • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        democrats campaigned against shit by saying we needed to spend money on poverty and then didn't spend money on poverty.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        We can walk and chew gum.

        Or rather, whether or not we’re chewing gum has no impact on if we’ll walk. We won’t be walking regardless, but that has nothing to do with the gum chewing.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        China has adequate health care.

        Sorta? It has cheap healthcare but their system is really different from any of the western European systems.