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> I had a Hindu nationalist recently berate me about how the "US had lost the Space Race, ISRO was the clear winner." ... did they give any examples of ISRO sp
by jcranmer 3y ago
> I had a Hindu nationalist recently berate me about how the "US had lost the Space Race, ISRO was the clear winner."
... did they give any examples of ISRO space accomplishments that predate US or Soviet accomplishment?
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoNo, he just pivoted to talking about how America is just a bunch of "Black ghettos" and then I blocked him.
- ff2400t 3y agoOne important thing to know about people like these is that they don't have a rational argument They have a Believe and they like to shout it out to the world.
- jcranmer 3y agoOh, I'm absolutely aware of that, I was just curious if there was literally anything they could point to that could, if viewed at through significantly rose-colored lenses, be seen as support for their statement. Like maybe (given my previous experience with Hindu nationalists) some passage in the Vedas that was interpreted to mean ancient Hindus were actually a spacefaring race or something.
- SAS_SBS 3y agoIt's mostly them dancing on "see ISRO launches satellites for so much more less cost!". Like PPP, labor and material costs being much expensive in the US are not factors that exist.