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The need for unlimited growth and profit created incredible technologies and medications that keep us healthy.

• drekk 3y ago
  No, government R&D dollars did. Most of the significant advanced were "too risky" for corporations to view them as growth opportunities. Even though taxpayers fund the studies they're charged not only for the products but to read the results.
  • oatmeal1 3y ago
    Government is a double-edged sword. Classifying drugs like psilocybin as class 1, meaning researchers couldn't even study it. Also, 13 year approval process makes it extremely expensive to try to get a drug to market. Of course government R&D dollars are needed!
• jliptzin 3y ago
  What about private prisons? Those are okay too I guess, keep growing the prison population quarter after quarter to keep shareholders happy?