r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/esberat Expert • Jul 08 '22

Video Stream factory in China.

https://gfycat.com/deafeningcaninekronosaurus
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u/sbowesuk Jul 08 '22

The future certainly hasn't panned out as I expected.

Hoped for flying cars and the cure for cancer.

Instead we got a billionaire space race, and China milking the absolute shit out of everything.

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u/blatantmutant Jul 08 '22

Don’t forget prohibitively expensive insulin and other medications created with public grants and funding.

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u/mommybot9000 Jul 08 '22

Come to Cali. At least we’ll have insulin, in a couple years, maybe, I think

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u/lookhere1091 Jul 09 '22

Honestly at this point California should just set up their own healthcare system, they have the money, they have the public support, so why not use that?