TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:How many of those marvelous scientific advances were also due to the largely public funding done by congress - such as through NASA? Human ingenuity is a human trait - not a result of an economic system.
First, where do you think "public funding" comes from? The public, taxpayers who in a capitalist system have enough wealth to tax for incredibly expensive ventures like NASA (to which we owe much gratitude). Second, it is a capitalist economic system that empowers human ingenuity to tremendous achievement, via revenue generation and robust competition.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
