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I like to flex my supposedly useless history degree from time to time. How else would I take shots at Julius II? I don't think the government is particularly g
by huffmsa 7y ago
I like to flex my supposedly useless history degree from time to time. How else would I take shots at Julius II?
I don't think the government is particularly good at actively promoting things. Too easy to incorrectly optimize.
So to best promote investment in private firms, they should find something that currently disincentives it and stop doing that.
- yowlingcat 7y agoAre you sure about that? Even accounting for the historical contribution of the US DOD and public sector to the genesis of the Silicon Valley in the first place?
- shiftless 7y ago"In other news, the military-industrial complex--like all government programs--just grows and grows and grows, while the taxpayers are continuously sucked dry to fund all these marvelous ideas and brilliant schemes concocted by the Really Smart People. More at 11."