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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The first and particularly second world wars brought a lot of investment to R&D. For example, jet engines, rocketry, and nuclear weaponry.

I don’t think that it’s correct to attribute that to the Nazis or Imperial Japanese.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    It's a sad reality...war drives innovation. Always has.

    Even the cold war got us landing on the fucking moon. The space race was really a proxy for an ICBM dick-measuring contest.

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