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Re:Declassified spacecrafts and orbital weapons of the USSR ... by blackrock on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:04PM (#26172436)
>’show the world the superiority of capitalism’

The funny thing is is that the federal government pumped billions of dollars into the Gemini and Apollo programs. This isn’t capitalism. It’s socialism for the wealthy.

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Re:Declassified spacecrafts and orbital weapons of the USSR ... by danielheath on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:03PM (#26174580)
Right - it was able to apply more resources on the problem because its underlying system created more surplus.

I don't have the skills necessary to evaluate the accuracy or relevance of that argument, but it's not inconsistent with the facts.

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