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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If anything, wars are an amazing source of technological advancement.

This is not to say that I want war, but to acknowledge the fact that it absolutely fuel innovation

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Broken window fallacy.

The same funds used to pay for wars and wartime rnd could just be spent directly on rnd.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

That is fair, I mainly wanted to counter the claim that wars won't advance tech

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Could be, but usually aren't.