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Re:Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final co... by thesmtsolver2 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:09PM (#46930268)
This is not a capitalism issue. During the communist revolution, scientists were persecuted if their work was too "intellectual" and didn't have immediate use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinking_Old_Ninth

https://www.culturalrevolutionceramics.com/object-details/do...

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Re:Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final co... by mmooss on Saturday February 07, 2026 @09:07PM (#46930625)
The Church of Capitalism (as opposed to small-c capitalism) is the ideology of here and now; that's what I was talking about. The capitalist-communist dichotomy - a favorite of ideologues in both groups - is not something I was referring to.
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Re:Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final co... by direwolf20 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @05:33AM (#46933081)
There can be more than one religion with similar beliefs.
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