Re:How S.F. is dealing with its homeless encampments ahead o...
by strangesmells06 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @07:48AM
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> To what do you attribute the massive improvements in life expectancy, medicine, overall QOL and other things over the last ~200 years or so?
not capitalism but technology
Louis Pasteur was from France which was a monarchy and had just come out of a Napoleonic dictatorship and big government stimulated economy...when he discovered germ theory.
Einstein was a patent clerk he didn't get any venture capital funding.
The internet is a result of government funding.
Government and private industry BOTH have funded tons of successful scientific breakthroughs.
Capitalism is not responsible for QOL improvements...technology is.
Capitalism has actually jacked up the cost of health care in America to the highest of any country in the world with the worse outcomes than many countries.
capitalism is leading to monopolistic conditions in many areas of the country.
it's clear that government's and capitalism need each other and unchecked unregulated versions of either lead to dysfunctional systems.
not capitalism but technology
Louis Pasteur was from France which was a monarchy and had just come out of a Napoleonic dictatorship and big government stimulated economy...when he discovered germ theory.
Einstein was a patent clerk he didn't get any venture capital funding.
The internet is a result of government funding.
Government and private industry BOTH have funded tons of successful scientific breakthroughs.
Capitalism is not responsible for QOL improvements...technology is.
Capitalism has actually jacked up the cost of health care in America to the highest of any country in the world with the worse outcomes than many countries.
capitalism is leading to monopolistic conditions in many areas of the country.
it's clear that government's and capitalism need each other and unchecked unregulated versions of either lead to dysfunctional systems.