Technological breakthroughs come in all shapes and sizes. But Big Government, properly deployed, is an engine for technological change, especially if it works in partnership with lots of smart scientists and engineers.

Former Labor leader and long-time defence minister Kim Beazley even drolly argued there was one irrefutable argument for socialist economic development – the Pentagon.
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Frank wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2025 at 9:04pm:


Well,  you ignored his argument, preferring  to resort to an ad hominem involving something about ducks - a Frank specialty.

[And  "If you can't beat them, join them"....looks  like ducks have relatives too..]

Here is Dnarever's  argument again, just in case you deign to address it (....cough):

" Yet Capitalism use it to bail the system out every time that capitalism fails.

The best societies manage to get a good blend of the two.".