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2026-07-12 16:34 UTC

So for instance let's say that the US funds a lot of climate science and research on renewable power. Oh no, people say, Trump is shutting this down. It was only made in order to be shut down if our elites decided to do so. That's what "they control the funding stream for science that needs a lot of money" means.

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@richpuchalsky@mastodon.social 2026-07-12 16:37

There is a long history of imperial science making the public confuse funding with irreplaceability. Early on British scientists were funding to dig up artifacts and study strange "primitive" peoples. Who would study them if not a well-funded expedition sent halfway around the world? Certainly not the people living there -- right?

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