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Re:Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's ma... by foldr on Sunday June 14, 2026 @09:22AM (#48526979)
>This leads to things like Lysenkoism

If the first point of comparison you reach for is the Soviet Union in the mid 20th century, that would suggest that the American political left has not in fact, in recent times, been interfering with science to the same extent as the Trump administration currently.

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Re:Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's ma... by bregma on Monday June 15, 2026 @02:45PM (#48545397)
The American political "left" is way to the right of centre compared with everywhere else in the world.
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Re:Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's ma... by foldr on Monday June 15, 2026 @03:32PM (#48545945)
Yes, I know. That is one of several reasons why what Communists did in the Soviet Union in the 1950s isn't particularly relevant to what Democrats have (or haven't) been doing in the past decade or two.
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