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FDR

Wouldn't you know it, adding a little socialism to free market capitalism is insanely effective...

Another thing people don't seem to recognize, after both world wars the west basically dismantled all proprietary IP from Germany and gave it away for free. This affected everything and anything that was patented. It was as if the entirety of science development for several decades was open sourced.

And it was glorious and literally minted a golden age for about 30 years.




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