The program will be picked up by others in the fullness of time. It's a shit move, for sure, but I bet the calculus here is that the US will still benefit from someone else doing the hard work but without paying for it.

The only thing the US loses here is prestige. And I'm totally fine with that.

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i don't think so, the reality is the scale of these programs often benefit from the reach and predictable finding government provides.

it's the same reason that foreign charities for medicine are most effective when done at a government level.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You don't think the program will be picked up by another government actor? It's only the US that can do this?

Hmmm 🤔. I think that given how important the work is some other government organisation will absolutely pick up the work if the US want to wash their hands of it.

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sorry I thought you meant it would be picked up by the private sector I merely misunderstood

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Ahh no worries ☺️. All good.