You realize that you use speech, which was invented before there where governments? You see, your argument is of very little use - while it’s still not shown t

You realize that you use speech, which was invented before there where governments? You see, your argument is of very little use - while it’s still not shown that funding wasn’t the most important task. AFAIK the processes by which grants have been provided for military research have been highly competitive, i.e. market-based.