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Re:Age verification for social media, the beginning of the e... by MattDamonSpace on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @01:52AM (#48380415)
The only reason the US Gov had the expertise and resources to fund DARPA in the first place was because it was a massive capitalist country with enormous wealth
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Re:Age verification for social media, the beginning of the e... by thefz on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @01:55AM (#48380438)
Which is very well known for collecting taxes, right? :D
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Re:Age verification for social media, the beginning of the e... by tardedmeme on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @07:15AM (#48382471)
Did the USSR have a space program?
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Re:Age verification for social media, the beginning of the e... by MattDamonSpace on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @11:04AM (#48385094)
Yeah but like didn’t it bankrupt them?

Meanwhile the USA barely blinked at the Space Race spending

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