alt Hacker NewsYesterday I was reading comments about how the market could pay for research and avoid the “distorting effects” of public funding.
Is there any way to get a better outcome for the public here, or is “do good stuff then sell out” the way it’s always going to be?
What distorting effects of public funding? What about the distortionary effects of the market? I'll offer the suggestion that what you read is brainrotting private market propaganda designed to erode the public institutions that make America happier, healthier, and wealthier.