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What propaganda? That it would be nice if Britain wasn't being beaten in the supercomputing industry by a totalitarian dictatorship and warmongering dictatorshi
by Veen 4y ago
What propaganda? That it would be nice if Britain wasn't being beaten in the supercomputing industry by a totalitarian dictatorship and warmongering dictatorship? As a Brit, I think it's just common sense rather than propaganda.
- shaftoe444 4y agoWanting to be wealthy and competent is dangerously right wing.
- happymellon 4y agoWanting to be competent is definitely not right wing. Remember "we have had enough of experts"?
- Veen 4y agoBecause this is often tendentiously quoted without context, here's what Gove actually said: > “I think the people of this country have had enough of experts with organisations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.” His problem is not with experts, but with people who claim the authority of experts without the track record or ability to justify that claim, i.e. people who are wrong most of the time, but expect you to believe them unquestioningly anyway. I'm sure we can all think of examples.
- happymellon 4y agoYep. Gove for one. Truss? Essentially the current makeup of the Tories. They all claim to know what's best whilst making everything worse. I'm trying to think of any examples where reputable authorities made statements that the government followed because it was the right thing to do, and wasn't a made up group from a Tory sponsor who was parroting the party line, and it was wrong.
- favaq 4y agoWhat exactly makes democracies better than "totalitarian dictatorships" and "warmongering dictatorships" at supercomputing so that it's such a shame that Britain is being beaten by China and Russia?
- duxup 4y ago> What exactly makes democracies better than "totalitarian dictatorships" and "warmongering dictatorships" Freedom, human rights? Doesn’t even have to be about super computers.
- inglor_cz 4y agoThis is such a convoluted question that I am not even sure if you are asking something in good faith. Anyway: democracies should try not to lose technological races against authoritarian states. I certainly don't want either Russia or China to dominate at anything even remotely usable for warfare.
- senttoschool 4y agoBut it’s ok for Americans and British to have invaded or bombed more countries than anyone else? As long as the invading country is a democracy or a flawed democracy, then it’s ok and justified right? Ps. Don’t mistake me as a war supporter. I do not support any war.
- yrdmb 4y ago[flagged]