Also, there’s a more direct connection: They both involve the government deciding to allocate resources. In the case of the space race, the government allocates resources to something; in the case of the starving Ukrainians, the government takes resources away from someone. But they’re flip sides of the same process, which is a top-down dictatorship using ideology to decide who gets to have the resources.
They both involve the government deciding to allocate resources
All governments are in the business of allocating resources, both directly (US government spending is about one third of GDP) and indirectly through laws and regulations.
Also, there’s a more direct connection: They both involve the government deciding to allocate resources. In the case of the space race, the government allocates resources to something; in the case of the starving Ukrainians, the government takes resources away from someone. But they’re flip sides of the same process, which is a top-down dictatorship using ideology to decide who gets to have the resources.
All governments are in the business of allocating resources, both directly (US government spending is about one third of GDP) and indirectly through laws and regulations.