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Pre-Corona-destabilization, and pre-Trump, I wouldn't agree with you, but I do now; especially since we are in the middle of the Opioid crisis. The government
by jbm 3y ago
Pre-Corona-destabilization, and pre-Trump, I wouldn't agree with you, but I do now; especially since we are in the middle of the Opioid crisis.
The government can and will seize patents at will. Only a handful of people need to be "convinced" to share their knowledge on production, and there are enough laws and spying that anyone can be "convinced".
If a hard left president of the US decided the US wanted to produce drugs, it would produce drugs and that would be the end of it. If children start dying because of drug shortages, this will happen.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoComing from the materials technology arena, those solutions wouldn’t have been available day one if it came out of a government led lab. Government research has no means to pay for the extra effort and talent required to get things done quickly. Also, committee led research can float off into random areas with little applicability this century.
- tstrimple 3y ago> If a hard left president of the US Well that’s never going to happen.