• eskimofry@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    the trouble is that space probes win elections, not water treatment facilities.

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      11 months ago

      Once upon a time toilets won elections in India, though. Only a few years ago they finished building 110 Million Toilets, bringing some states up to 100% toilet per capita coverage.

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        10 months ago

        I wonder if there’s a natural balance of some kind in the budgetary priorities of democracies, with impractical flashy things making up a small but stable allotment.