TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote:Ryft Wrote:"Betterment of life" doesn't pay the bills, which these advances require. You need to generate revenue to meet expenses. And those who participate in a capitalist economy can amass wealth that enables them to work toward betterment of life (e.g., Sean Penn).
Yeah... about that... 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.
Don't waste your breath DoA. Anti-government assclowns will always natter on about how great the unhindered market does. They haven't a clue that either extreme isn't good, only the belief that their extreme is good.
