Smith1980 brought it up, so I thought it would be cool to see the propaganda of science going on right now.
Science Propaganda
Small Nuclear Reactors are expensive and not the right idea
Creative people are evil. We should shun them. This is from a psychology magazine
This is from a social study and questionnaire system of finding out. Polarization has created teams so strong that even associating with opposing team members is bad. No one is allowed to have an open mind.
Heart problems have been around a lot longer than expected. Ancient Egyptian mummies show this. Apparently bodies from around the world and all walks of life throughout history had them. Our heart crisis is not what we think.
Permaculture beats out agriculture
Global Warming
Saguaro cactus are collapsing from the extreme heat last year.
Coral is being removed from Florida waters by scientists
Heat warnings from last year
The UN proposes a tax on gasoline to stop global warming
Tasmania is dying due to global warming.
Is it a coincidence that EVERY one of these is trying to stagnate developments that aid space travel?
Smaller nuclear reactors would help in space and developing habitats, everything is focused on keeping people contained in a smaller environment than expanding BEYOND Earth so that we are no longer limited to the resources of this planet only.
At least give us a moon base for fucks sake, be easier to start exploring space mining if we can keep 90% of the travel in a zero g environment.
No, it isn't.
Let me put it like this: the entire anti-nuclear movement in the west was Soviet Propaganda, though many didn't even realize it. You'll notice that there was never anti-nuclear movements in the east; and in fact there were multiple pro-nuclear weapon movements in the east.
Thomas Sowell actually goes over the controversy about the development of Neutron Bombs to dig this issue out. The Neutron Bomb was supposed to be able to cause significant lethality, without damaging infrastructure. The tactical purpose for this was primarily defensive, in the event that neutron weapons would have to be used within the borders of a friendly nation, if a massive invading army had made a landing. The Soviets knew that any development of defensive capabilities would always lead to any advantage they had against the US would be undermined and the balance of terror would fall apart. (No one knew they actually never held an advantage due to their excellent propaganda).
So, the Soviets spent tons of money through charitable networks, left-wing news papers, and student protests to basically harass schools from conducting any research, hound politicians to prevent funding any research, and get the media to run with the idea that this was a Capitalist Bomb: designed to protect wealth at the expense of human life. For the most part this operation was successful, and the whole thing got shut down.
Frankly, the Chinese are probably copypasta-ing the entire Soviet propaganda scheme, even down to using the same left-wing rags and student protests. The entire "Green Energy" movement exists to inflate demand for chinese lithium mines. China is exploiting the fuck out of it's rare-earth mineral mines, and they are trying to colonize mines in Africa with the belt and road initiative, while using Californians to increase their demand; all while banning Americans from using non-green power sources, and developing competing mines.
I say this as someone who believes in Climate Change.
Why wouldn't they? It works.
Look at what allowing the radical left to run rampant, and "march through the institutions" of education, media, and government has done to the west. It's utterly ridiculous how much better off everything would be right now if they never would have been allowed to make those inroads here.
They used the openness of our system/society to spread their stupid ass message, it's infested every level of our society now, and - on top of that - they are now using the power they have gained to clamp down on that very same openness/freedom that allowed them to do what they've done.
It's disgusting, but it works.
The inroads were built over 100 years ago by the Fabian Society using the State Department, the Federal Reserve, the Income Tax, and the popular election of the Senate.
But yes, it has continually worked. This is why we need anti-parallel institutions.