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The internet was going to happen with or without US government involvement. The US government just made it faster. Also, comparing testing radiation vs testing
by aaomidi 2y ago
The internet was going to happen with or without US government involvement. The US government just made it faster.
Also, comparing testing radiation vs testing fast communications is not a valid equivalency.
- kube-system 2y agoI don't disagree, because that's entirely not the point I was making. I'm saying that the law of truly large numbers applies here. The US government has done exceptionally good things and exceptionally bad things because it does a ridiculous number of things. It simply does more than any other organization; it has been the world's largest organization for some time.
- odyssey7 2y agoThis sounds like Donald Trump. We do lots of things! Some say the best things! Are some of them bad? Well, when you do a lot of things, some of them don’t turn out so good. If you don’t draw the line at mass murder then I don’t know where you draw it.