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In unrelated news, there has been tremendous technological progress in the past 50 years.
by anoncake 5y ago
In unrelated news, there has been tremendous technological progress in the past 50 years.
- refurb 5y agoBrought to you by capitalism or at least funded by governments who get their dollars from capitalist systems.
- anoncake 5y agoOf course research at some point involves the economy and therefore the economic system that happens to be dominant. Most countries have little use for Dollars by the way, preferring their own currencies.
- imtringued 5y ago>Most countries have little use for Dollars by the way, preferring their own currencies. Their citizens have little use for dollars. Their foreign exchange reserve hoards them.
- anoncake 5y agoThe American usage of "dollars" as a synonym for "money" when the topic is not specifically a dollar-using country is just nationalist bullshit.
- refurb 5y ago“Happen to be dominant.” You mean the ones that haven’t failed? And this may surprise you, but plenty of country still use “dollars” that aren’t American. But you already knew that.
- pydry 5y agoThere are more dead people who went to the moon than alive. It's true that I can play games and do banking on my phone now though.