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>>> If you don't believe this, can you give examples of cases where "the rich" have successfully withheld a beneficial technology from everyone for more than a

>>> If you don't believe this, can you give examples of cases where "the rich" have successfully withheld a beneficial technology from everyone for more than a few decades? Control over the means of production

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ls612 7y ago
This is tautological. Control of the means of production defines what “rich” is in the industrial world.
- coldtea 7y ago
  What parent means is that the the "means of production" are also a beneficial technology in themselves...
  - ls612 7y ago
    But its not like the "rich" could let the "not rich" have that beneficial technology because once you have that technology you become "rich". So it's a meaningless example.
    - opnitro 7y ago
      Yeah I mean that's my point. Societal control has continually stayed in the hands of the few.
kortilla 7y ago
But they haven’t? It’s trivial to start a business.