• BilboBargains@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    How is it that we’ve created a society where scientists are subordinate to lying narcissists and psychopaths?

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      7 months ago

      This isn’t something new. This is how society has functioned throughout history. Democracy is an ideal, but no country is truly democratic. Show me a country where the parliament or whatever legislative and executive bodies they have is truly made up of common people voted by their peers, and not part of the upper class.

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      And corporations, because of the money. These aspects impact choice of research directions and results so much that I feel like rectifying them would be enough to start a new scientific revolution.