Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford’s Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics research will be cut by almost a third.
…I suppose we’ll be seeing a lot of headlines like this in the next few years. The UK is going to do every dumb, self-destructive thing the USA has been doing lately, isn’t it?
Every time someone in Europe tries to start some shit about how dumb Americans are for allowing our democracy to crumble, I like to gently remind them that we’re all being held hostage by the same people. This isn’t a local problem, this is what happens when you give corporations everything they want to control your society.
…I suppose we’ll be seeing a lot of headlines like this in the next few years. The UK is going to do every dumb, self-destructive thing the USA has been doing lately, isn’t it?
Every time someone in Europe tries to start some shit about how dumb Americans are for allowing our democracy to crumble, I like to gently remind them that we’re all being held hostage by the same people. This isn’t a local problem, this is what happens when you give corporations everything they want to control your society.