public space telescope

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[thornyd]

It's already 1/3 funded! That is so awesome. Really good to see competition with services that were traditionally provided by the government - although I don't know how much luck anyone would have with a kickstarter project called "Let's Invade Iraq!"

[nathanm]

 

It's already 1/3 funded! That is so awesome. Really good to see competition with services that were traditionally provided by the government - although I don't know how much luck anyone would have with a kickstarter project called "Let's Invade Iraq!"

 

I am guessing the site's rule prohibit such a thing, but it really would be a valid social experiment to see how much people really are willing to spend their own money in deliberately violent acts.  That is, without the usual statist euphemisms like protection, security, defense, stabilizing etc.

[TheRobin]

 

 

It's already 1/3 funded! That is so awesome. Really good to see competition with services that were traditionally provided by the government - although I don't know how much luck anyone would have with a kickstarter project called "Let's Invade Iraq!"

 

I am guessing the site's rule prohibit such a thing, but it really would be a valid social experiment to see how much people really are willing to spend their own money in deliberately violent acts.  That is, without the usual statist euphemisms like protection, security, defense, stabilizing etc.

 

I think it would be a much more intersting experiment if those same euphemism would be used, but uttered by us mere mortals and not our holy deity the government.
Maybe I'm completely wrong here, but I think that most people don't respond well to claims of open usage of violence when proposed by mere individuals who aren't politicians (and in the absence of any political context)