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[–] [email protected] -1 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

Fewer human lives—sure, if you only include verified deaths—but the Soviet space program had considerably more deaths overall once you factor in other animals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Not actually true, both sides used animal testing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Both sides sent animals into space, and many didn't return. Animal testing in particular isn't something unknown to science, nor was it done out of intentional cruelty nor for the purpose of profits, like the cosmetics industry. I feel like you're narrowing in on something that ultimately isn't an equivalent comparison, especially when compared to the scale of the food industry and its systematized mass brutality every second of every day.

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