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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Counterpoint: They were not that good at building rockets because they killed more people during production than were killed by the rockets.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They were gonna kill those people anyway. You can't measure the success of a project if you don't understand the goals.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Capitalism in a nutshell.

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You forgot they continued building rockets after WW2. 😊

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but von Braun didn’t have slave labor building Apollo

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

That wasn’t the point. And don’t forget that the USSR also had some help getting Laika into space.

I also meant to convey the off-topic sub context that a lot of Nazi walked away Hans Landa Style but without scar. A lot of Nazis weren’t punished, Nixon was pardoned, etc. We should stop allowing clemency in these cases.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Agreed. Humans are and always have been terrible.