Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoThomas Edison was the Elon musk of his eralemmy.worldimagemessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up11.74Kfile-text
arrow-up11.74KimageThomas Edison was the Elon musk of his eralemmy.worldUltragigagigantic@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredaltotron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months ago Show me how we collectively invest in R&D without IP and build a car company without profits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_power Oh look! Government investment!
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoNo government can exist without surpluses generated by the population. There have never been surpluses, except maybe in a few golden areas of abundant rain, without some form of trade and profit i.e. capitalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_power
Oh look! Government investment!
No government can exist without surpluses generated by the population. There have never been surpluses, except maybe in a few golden areas of abundant rain, without some form of trade and profit i.e. capitalism