This whole thread is silly, the outcomes we've had in the US are a result of our particular mix of central planning and market forces. And lots of central planning in implemented in the form of adding incentives to push market forces in the direction we want. And there's a whole lot of corporate lobbying going on in our "central" planning.

Attributing particular achievements to one or the other is impossible.

Volunteer projects are certainly part of the market and are subject to market forces.

> tax-funded government-managed research

Um, read up on the history of the 1903 Wright Flyer. It was not government managed research. The government project, Langley's airplane, fell into the Potomac like a sack of wet cement (and cost 20 times as much).

Computer networks grew out of telegraphy networks, which were privately funded.

Semiconductors came from Bell Labs, a private company.

Between the cherry-picking and the strawmanning this post is worth little.

Replying to the cherry picked points raised by you.

I think you missed the context of the overall thread.