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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by philwelch on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:38AM (#38259887)
To be fair, castles and the pyramids were also government projects.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by grotorea on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @06:19PM (#38271223)
On the other hand, those things predate the distinction between the state and the leader, so in a way they were also the whim of some wealthy elite.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by philwelch on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:58AM (#38290308)
The ancient Egyptians had a fairly sophisticated state with a permanent bureaucracy. That’s how they had the capacity to organize the construction of the pyramids in the first place.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by grotorea on Friday November 17, 2023 @12:37PM (#38306952)
Yes but if the Pharaoh decided he wanted a golden chariot made out of the state treasury, would someone complain that's the state's gold, not the Pharaoh's gold?
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