Politicians are reducing public funding for science and dismantling scientific institutions for ideological reasons in Argentina and the United States. It appeared as if something similar could happen in the Netherlands, but the collapse of a coalition government led to a reprieve. How should the scientific community respond to such crises?
A smart population will realise that those in charge are useless, greedy idiots and will eventually choose to have them removed however a stupid population won’t care so you do the math and figure out why knowledge is under threat around the world.
Unfortunately, a deliberate constant propaganda pressure from the elite keeps people ignorant, dogmatic and divided…