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The profit motive and capitalism have given the Western world the best life for the "bottom 10%" in the history of mankind. Look at the Internet when it was "n
by crusso 13y ago
The profit motive and capitalism have given the Western world the best life for the "bottom 10%" in the history of mankind.
Look at the Internet when it was "non profit". It sat there for years in universities and labs, availing the lower 10% not at all. When the profit-motive was allowed to explore the possibilities, the Internet exploded. Now the Internet is available fairly universally.