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> In other words: Silicon Valley mythology is making us pay for technology two times. The first time through tax by the capitalist state, and the second time we
by beckman466 6y ago
> In other words: Silicon Valley mythology is making us pay for technology two times. The first time through tax by the capitalist state, and the second time we are paying through economic rents/taxes levied by the capitalist state on behalf of capitalist firms [4].
to be clearer, it should be:
In other words: Silicon Valley mythology is making us pay for technology two times. The first time through taxpayer money going to the funding of universities as well as being used as grants and low interest loans to promising young startup companies, and the second time we are paying through economic rents/taxes levied by the capitalist state on behalf of capitalist firms [4] (through IP laws).*
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also i meant another link for [3], it should be: https://marianamazzucato.com/books/the-entrepreneurial-state https://marianamazzucato.com/books/the-entrepreneurial-state
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that is the* immeasurable inheritance left behind by our ancestors