Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWe've transitioned from celebrating scientific pioneers in the 19th-20th century to venerating capitalist CEOs in the 20th century who amassed wealth through market domination and reduced wages.message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down130
arrow-up1203arrow-down1message-squareWe've transitioned from celebrating scientific pioneers in the 19th-20th century to venerating capitalist CEOs in the 20th century who amassed wealth through market domination and reduced wages.Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 year agoA lot of scientific pioneers in the 19th century were rich men who could afford the equipment to conduct their experiments. They made their money from exploiting others in different fields.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoLiterally fields
A lot of scientific pioneers in the 19th century were rich men who could afford the equipment to conduct their experiments.
They made their money from exploiting others in different fields.
Literally fields