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The administration's assault on science feels eerily Soviet (grist.org)
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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eerily fascist, you mean

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

In USA, if you have to say something is bad, you have to link it with Russia (in this case Soviet) or China. It activates their coping defense mechanism.

They themselves are never ever at fault.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Turgid Tankies everywhere.

[–] tresspass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't the Soviet's invest heavily in science? Not to say they didn't have other problems, but I don't think scientific investment was one