Brain Drain

1945-1959: Same as 1930s but the scientist guy is also a Nazi (and Hitler has a bullet hole lmao)

I hope this is true, with the attacks on science in the US, we’re really looking at falling backward here. I’m afraid we’ll lose good weather forecasting and GPS services very soon, to just name the low hanging fruit.
- If only there was something the American people could do about this.
  
  But they’re holding signs up‽

I'm an ignorant American, what's the significance of the bull/ox?
- That woman on the bull is Europa (Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē), daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor, lived about 2000 BCE. The bull is the shapeshifted Zeus that is kidnapping Europa. They had sex and sired Minos, king of Crete. Minos is the one who feed the Minotaur by sending children into its labyrinth.
  Yeah Greek mythology is weird.
  
  The bull that fathered the Minotaur was not Zeus, it was a gift by Poseidon who expected king Minos to sacrifice the bull to Poseidon. The king kept the gift and sacrificed another bull, Poseidon got pissed and had the king's wife screw the bull, giving birth to the Minotaur.
  
  You know, I watched that show Netflix canceled, with Jeff Goldblum, and so I'm like, hey, that's right! Sure, could've paid attention in school, but better Nate than lever.
  
  Wait, I thought the minotaur was the son of the king of Minos' wife? Did gods do double-damage on his bloodline?
- EU - "Nation States"
  
  Thanks! I just googled it and it mentioned "Europa and the bull" representing unity and peace.
  We could definitely use some of that, but unfortunately we just get a bunch of what the bull leaves behind instead... :/

They skipped the part where after the war we took the nazi scientists too...
But the old nazis were really into science, modern nazis not so much.
I don't think other countries are going to be chasing our science deniers like we chased rocket and medical scientists after the war.
- You don’t think Europe wants our 19 year old whiz kids whose laptops overheat from processing excel files?
  
  I think the big disconnect with that is government laptops....
  If someone told me their government laptop caught fire when they joined a Teams call where two people had a camera on. I'd believe them.
  But no government employee will tell you a story like that, because it is completely unremarkable and expected. It's like a Park Ranger of 15 years losing his shit when he saw a squirrel...
  If you're used to using a gaming laptop to edit text files and suddenly you have to use a shitty $300 government issue laptop, it's going to shock you.
  But the solution to that is funding the government. I'm not a big Obama guy, but at least he gave agencies money for laptops. trump and Biden love cutting corners though, which just translates to paying people to watch a screen scroll by slower because of a slow laptop.
- I don't think other countries are going to be chasing our science deniers like we chased rocket and medical scientists after the war.
  Well...hopefully they'll get chased. Just not for the same reasons.

Makes me wanna cry

Lol... the comparison is ridiculous.
- Why do you think so? I know post docs basically only looking for jobs outside of the US, and several friends who got funding for grad or summer students cancelled, and know if one case getting pressure to change titles of dissertation to better align with the administration stance.
  Science is getting hit hard here, the damage is done, and this could take decades to recover from. And that’s assuming things are able to shift back to where things were.
  
  You’re not going to get an answer, at least not one based on logical tangible reality. If there was one it would have been addended to the comment to support the accusation to actually try and make a convincing argument in good faith. This is not that. The assumption is that you will know exactly what they’re talking about and upvote blindly in solidarity, sort of like a dog whistle, signaling to those who also listen to same right wing propaganda.
  I know this exact same kind of comment by instinct because many years ago I too left those kinds of comments when I was an insufferable alt right assclown, and you will see it everywhere on any subject in any place where right wingers start showing up - the YouTube comment sections of certain channels, certain subreddits, all over Facebook, or god forbid you have ever bore witness to one of the most deplorable dregs of the internet: news article comment sections, when they were still a thing.
  I actually wrote most of this out before looking at the profile because I was so confident, and after doing so for due diligence, I can confirm my suspicions. And if you unfortunately are forced to spend any time around right wingers, this kind of thing is common in their daily conversation. I shit you not I once heard someone blame an intermittent power outage on “the globalists”, and the others nodded their head in solidarity of outrage with zero evidence. It was a connection issue from the complex to the power lines, a transformer that needed to be replaced, as clarified by the utility company an hour later.
- How so?

"Scientists" bouncing between fascists in a losing attempt to preserve privilege.
- And by privilege you mean access to basic freedom and the pursuit of knowledge.
  Most scientists are underpaid and overworked.
  
  And demonized. No country hates scientists more than America. The average American cherry picks their science and treat science that goes against their preconceived notions as conspiracies, but jump at the chance to defend their favorite corporations like you attacked family. It’s disgusting.