You guys think this trade war shit is bad (it is), wait until the long-term consequences of destroying America's research institutions starts being felt.
Yeah, letting people slip through the cracks is a huge drain on productivity. You can claw that back eventually though if you change your mind later (just start funding those systems again). The damage to America's research institutions might very well be irreversible though. There's a network effect with premier research institutions and you can't overcome it even with huge investment. Look at Germany in the 1930s. They had the best research institutions in the world. Then the Nazis destroyed them and Germany has never recovered that excellence. We're seeing *historical, irreversible* damage to the long-term American economy right now. The American economy is built on R&D, and once that edge is gone, it's gone forever.
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u/ZaphodsOtherHead 9d ago
You guys think this trade war shit is bad (it is), wait until the long-term consequences of destroying America's research institutions starts being felt.