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We can do that, but first let’s make sure everyone on the planet has clean water first.

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The money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away

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Does this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?

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Yes?

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We would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.

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It was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches

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9 points

Is that where guillotines come in?

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Maybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet

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Doesn’t flint still not have clean water?

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Those are two different states, plus flint does have clean water now (although the effects of contamination and lead exposure still remain in people who grew up drinking it)

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So we might a well build some shit.

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Hey, it’s just $2,300,000,000

Can’t even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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This is the equivalent of saying “Eat all your dinner cause there’s starving children in Africa”.

Sure, this sounds nice, but this logic falls apart the instant you start thinking about it.

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You sound like the people criticising NASA for spending money on science. “Who do X when Y is still an issue?”

I doubt you make that kind of prioritization with your own money.

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NASA also consistently provides new innovation and new science.

What will the dome keep contributing to society for the absurd electricity cost it takes to keep running? Advertisements?

Yeah, there not really the same argument.

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