> How so? There are currently existing ideologies in power in some countries (e.g. in Argentina, not everything is about the US!) that stand for de-funding hea

> How so? There are currently existing ideologies in power in some countries (e.g. in Argentina, not everything is about the US!) that stand for de-funding health, education and basic science and research, and anything that is not of immediate use for businesses. It's a self-defeating ideology (because business do benefit from basic research in the long term), but it does exist today.