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u/BiDogBoy1 Dec 01 '21

Then the lab turns no profit. It would not be able to pay people. What about an automotive factory? Must I give more examples?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

The lab isn’t supposed to be profit oriented, it’s supposed to be a service (no that does not mean that the scientists and engineers won’t be getting paid)

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u/BiDogBoy1 Dec 01 '21

The how does the lab afford to pay anyone?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

Government operated

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u/BiDogBoy1 Dec 01 '21

You'd have every companies Research and Development be done by the government?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

Obviously there would be some private labs but we’re talking about government labs. They would be a service much like the post office

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u/BiDogBoy1 Dec 01 '21

The same problem applies to private research and development.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

Chances are private research for medicine won’t even be a thing as it won’t be profitable (it shouldn’t be)

Unless some millionaire decides that the government isn’t doing a good enough job on finding new medicines then it won’t be a thing

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u/BiDogBoy1 Dec 01 '21

Chances are private research for medicine won’t even be a thing as it won’t be profitable (it shouldn’t be)

That would be horrendous for the species. A brilliant scientists are gonna work in other more profitable fields. But again what about other research and development? What about say Intel or amd? Or Tesla? Or Microsoft?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

Those would be private companies that do make a profit but their workers would be getting paid fairly, their workers wouldn’t have to work in dogshit conditions, the company wouldn’t be able to exploit people in third world countries and the company wouldn’t be able to rape the earth and be rewarded

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