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[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Meanwhile, we can't even fix the homeless problem right here on Earth, despite the abundance of available housing..

[โ€“] GBU_28@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

Completely different revenue streams, academic expertise, decision making possibilities, etc.

It's not that we blew our paycheck on space shit and can't house everyone. We fucked up on the homeless for completely detached reasons. There's more than enough money

[โ€“] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the type of argument I expect to see on Facebook by their mostly uneducated crowds. But here on Lemmy? I thought we were a bit better than that and more rational...

These are completely independent scenarios, with different funding streams, with different problems, solutions and so on.

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have a Facebook account? Why?

[โ€“] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't have one.

[โ€“] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 13 points 2 months ago

We could fix it, we just don't want to.

Some of us do want to, sure, but clearly not the people with the power to do anything about it

[โ€“] sazey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

damn, if only there was some way to do more than one thing at one time.

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

Damn, if only rich dollars were distributed equally and fairly..

[โ€“] PunnyName@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Was gonna say this myself. God-damned dystopia.