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Can you give any examples of antibiotic discoveries of this caliber happening recently in any economic system besides capitalism? When making brain-dead claims
by infamouscow 3y ago
Can you give any examples of antibiotic discoveries of this caliber happening recently in any economic system besides capitalism?
When making brain-dead claims, at least be fair and compare it to the track record of other economic systems. To do otherwise is shameful.
- UncleOxidant 3y agoIt may not be recent, but I can give the example of Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin. He did not patent his discovery saying that "nature invented penicillin, I merely discovered it." He wanted it to be as widely available and affordable to everyone who needed it. (Similar for Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine). Fleming discovered penicillin in a government funded academic environment and was not incentivized by money. Maybe that was just more common back during that era (also given the Salk example). Maybe we're at a later stage of capitalism where it's less likely to happen.
- infamouscow 3y agoAlexander Fleming and Jonas Salk are akin Atticus Finch, but in real life.