• FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml
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        21 days ago

        Wait, what is that? The Soviets made it… more popular to get STEM degrees, is that what that means?

        • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          21 days ago

          The lowest bar of entry for a soviet university degree was engineer, because you need a lot of those. the highest bar of entry for a soviet university was something like actor, pianist or trumpet player, because you don’t need a lot of those for your national project.

          It’s why former soviet states have women in stem numbers that windmill-slamdunk on every western nation. We need some railway engineers and I don’t care about your bits, get planning.

    • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      20 days ago

      In USA, if you have to say something is bad, you have to link it with Russia (in this case Soviet) or China. It activates their coping defense mechanism.

      They themselves are never ever at fault.

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    20 days ago

    Didn’t the Soviet’s invest heavily in science? Not to say they didn’t have other problems, but I don’t think scientific investment was one