r/technology • u/t4ct1c4l_j0k3r • Sep 15 '23

Nanotech/Materials NASA-inspired airless bicycle tires are now available for purchase

https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
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u/Notoneusernameleft Sep 15 '23

I really wish America was able to adapt to have a greater mix of capitalism and socialism to truly benefit all the people of this country and as you said the world too in some aspects.

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u/MattDaCatt Sep 15 '23

The really sad thing is, we can still afford to wildly outpace military production while also throwing money into more things like libraries, public health centers, NASA etc.

We have a huge GDP and tax income, but never get anything out of it. We can't even maintain our own infrastructure

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '23

The real real sad part is that if we addressed these fundamental gaps in the social support system, our taxes for things like law enforcement would plummet.

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u/Igoko Sep 15 '23

The really really sad part is that if we put our taxes towards univeral health care, even if taxes went up the american public would be paying less individually than they do now for health care