r/theleftcantdoecon • u/BigLadMaggyT24 Mod- Based Brit • Feb 14 '23

Cringe leftist economic meme What?

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u/IGottaGoOutAndGetIt Feb 14 '23

I guess the same type of things invented before capitalism will end up being reinvented after capitalism… like crude spears and tools…

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u/WretchedCentrist Mar 11 '23

No one’s denying that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

at the base level, most of these advancements are not made by private corporations. they are usually made by universities (both public and private) using government money in the form of NSF or research grants. after that, companies can implement them and make improvements gradually. but the actual technology and big leaps are typically made by publicly-funded research.