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> Meanwhile these kids are getting conscripted into being crooks They're not crooks from their perspective. They're indoctrinated into hating the west, remembe
by movedx 5y ago
> Meanwhile these kids are getting conscripted into being crooks
They're not crooks from their perspective. They're indoctrinated into hating the west, remember. As far as they're concerned they're likely to feel they're serving their nation and doing a good deed.
- catgary 5y agoI don’t know - did every Soviet mathematician buy into their propaganda?
- phobosanomaly 5y agoYou can enjoy the intellectual challenge of what you do, while understanding that the political context of it is bullshit.
- movedx 5y agoWhat?
- willvarfar 5y agoVery tangential, but the story of Jim Simons is interesting. He was an American cryptographer who took a very public stance against the Vietnam War. Being forced to leave, he went and set up the world's most successful hedge fund, became a billionaire and led the nerdification of trading. There are lots of really really interesting interviews with him on YouTube.
- hnbad 5y agoWell, enough Americans do for the NSA and CIA to have plenty of highly intelligent math geeks on staff. Or did you think the US doesn't do propaganda?