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by ajam1507 132 days ago
You could say the same thing about the world wars or porn. Any human pursuit taken to an extreme can produce knock-on effects, that isn't an argument in a vacuum to continue to fund any one area.
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Spending tens of billions every 30 yesrs on world wars would be pretty awesome. Much better than what we currently spend.

Porn seems to be sustainably self funding; no need for government stimulus.

> Porn seems to be sustainably self funding; no need for government stimulus.

Only because you haven't seen the plans for the Large Hardon Collider