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Well, the F-35 is actually a useful instrument which maintains US hegemony. A better comparison would be the movie Cats, which had a budget of 95 million, and s
by admiralspoo 6y ago
Well, the F-35 is actually a useful instrument which maintains US hegemony. A better comparison would be the movie Cats, which had a budget of 95 million, and serves no purpose to society.
- rhizome 6y agoJust so we're talking apples to apples, what value is that hegemony to society?
- TheRealNGenius 6y agoThat is a horrible suggestion for comparison, since the movie Cats is not government funded, whereas an f-35 5is.
- bnegreve 6y agoThe entertainment industry maintains the US hegemony just as much as the military.
- baq 6y agowouldn't it be nice to have something worth defending with that F-35?
- blhack 6y agoWhat we need is to get scientific instruments categorized as artwork. You can buy arecibo for $120M. You can't do anything with it, and you give it on loan to the NSF. Then eventually you can transfer it to somebody else.