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How do you propose it should do that? By giving people handouts? By giving people terrible jobs in sweatshops? Or perhaps by inspiring the next generation of en
by osrec 7y ago
How do you propose it should do that? By giving people handouts? By giving people terrible jobs in sweatshops? Or perhaps by inspiring the next generation of engineers and innovators?
Even those in the slums without any fancy education will be able to relate to the scale and nature of this achievement, if successful. I personally think the expense is worth it.
- Kaiyou 7y agoThe same way every other country did? By creating wealth, not spending it.
- no_u2 7y agoplease fuck back off to reddit.
- DSingularity 7y agoThis is absurd. You should examine the language you are using. You can be a proponent of scientific missions like this without dismissing the very reasonable proposals as “handouts”. They are not. People have a right to a dignified life. No matter how you frame it, the Indian government is ignoring the very real needs of its population when it funds mission like this. No matter how you paint it, the ultra poor couldn’t care less about missions to the moon. What do you think they would choose if you asked any one of them to choose between new schools for all their children or a nationalistic mission to the moon? Get real please.
- sbmthakur 7y agoThe Government didn't shut any social program to fund this mission. And before terming it as a nationalistic mission, please go to ISRO's site and educate yourself about the objectives of the mission.
- Kaiyou 7y agoWho is granting people the right to have a dignified life? If there's nobody, they do not, in fact, have that right. Since rights are things that are either given or taken. They do not abstractly "exist".
- osrec 7y agoRespectfully, I would like to call out your reply as somewhat ignorant. Do you consider a dignified life as one spent living on the dole? Surely not!? This project could well create an industry that brings prosperity and investment to a number of people, including those in utter poverty. That, in my opinion, is a good thing. Yes, the Indian government needs to handle the issues surrounding poverty better, as it does many other things. But to say that we should kill off a programme that could yield benefits for years to come, and instead fund short term relief only, is not only absurd, but utterly stupid. You'll be in poverty for ever more.