Viendictive t1_japi6vl wrote
Reply to comment by va_str in US public investment in critical research contributed to the success of mRNA Covid vaccines, and saved millions of lives by geoxol
Profit is sometimes the only (or best) incentive for a private company to take the risks and invest, or else why bother? Competition between the private entities benefits the public too.
va_str t1_jaqdapj wrote
Too bad that the reality of that theory is conglomerates eating up subsidies and then gouging us again for IP we've already paid for. There is no competition after capital accumulation has run its course and the legislative is captured by the few remaining monopolies.
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