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>why doesn't neo-liberal capitalism fix this problem? The whole point of academia is to subsidize research before it gets to an application phase. How can a pr
by JacobThreeThree 4y ago
>why doesn't neo-liberal capitalism fix this problem?
The whole point of academia is to subsidize research before it gets to an application phase. How can a private firm compete with academia who benefits from government funding and are tax exempt? Trying to pin this problem on "capitalism" is just lazy.
- javajosh 4y agoNo, lazy would be straw-manning a stranger's argument for no good reason to elicit an emotional reaction. It's a style of communication that seeks conflict rather than understanding, and there is plenty of it on twitter and reddit, but not here.