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daltotron@lemmy.world 6 months agoShow me how we collectively invest in R&D without IP and build a car company without profits.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_power
Oh look! Government investment!
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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