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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Winning WW2, social security and Medicare, keeping Russia from conquering Ukraine, building the TVA and other major groundbreaking civil works projects, landing on the moon, tons of fundamental research, etc. We'd be here a long time if we were to list out every effective use of funds by the US government, let alone all governments historically.
gpt
While it’s easy to be cynical of government, those cynics need to fairly value government’s involvement with major projects and works. To add on your examples: the internet and computers, James Webb Space Telescope, Medicaid, every agency that regulates modern life (energy, food, environment, transport, commerce, on and on), National Highway System, modern medicine (and by god the miracles it brought us!).

Yes our US government has many faults. But it’s so crucial to sustain us and uphold our values.