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That’s not an argument. I don’t need to speculate on hypotheticals when reality already proves the point.
You are speculating on hypotheticals though, since no one can know for certain how things would have unfolded in a different world.
I'm not even going to argue that capitalism doesn't get you some positive outcomes for certain people.
How am I speculating when my argument is based on reality?
The internet would not have existed without government investment. Back when the idea of the internet was being floated around in the early 1960s the US government did contact every major telecom company in the country snd all flat out refused meaning the government had to publically foot the bill (and the work).
No, capitalists would never, ever have invented the internet.
And I never said that they invented the internet.