Why was the Soviet Union years behind technologically when it produced so many renowned and respected scientists?

they still had all the spoils of the war including german scientists. but yeah the various technological embargoes did slow them

It wasn't just spoils that NATO inherited, Britain had well developed technology programs which were combined with America's. The Russians were poor and only inherited East German industry and research (which was substantial but still not enough to match the Western Powers combined). In general the USSR was doomed from the start and no one advantage helped the NATO countries win The Cold War.

Fucking money.

free market then
the more people doing a thing, the better that society will be doing it

define freemarket

almost to none government interference in the offer and demand dynamics, be it by regulating or interfering in the flow of goods, money, capital, people, information, business ideas or entrepreneurship projects

Skunk Works.

what about NASA, the Manhattan project, Dams, Bridges interstate highways ect? How would those work in an libertarian modeled "free market"

because even if your country produces the better scientist, the capitalist can just say "hey, we will pay you more than a sack of radishes"

communism really is an impractical space cadet tier dumb system

private space travel companies, university research, microdams and contracted bridges respectively... do not tell me you have not heard about those things

how would those exist if they didnt get massive public research funding in the billions and billions of dollars? the only way it could work is if massive conglomerates that control society would basically exist that and would make everything from your toothbrush to your cellphone

private space companies are not funded by the state. they fund themselves either by investors or previous profits

and so on.

and yes, there are lots of conglomerates who make everything and they're called private businesses.

Quick! Name a business that has never recieved a government subsidy.

I don't think you realize the extent to which the USA subsidizes innovation and manipulates economic forces. Those private enterprises rely on a lot of public support to operate effectively.

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but private space companies use all of the already available technology that was developed by NASA. they dont do any space research.

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>nasa owns whatever they research

>you smell like either brazilian or argentinian
I am American. You are just an ignorant person who doesn't understand how his own government works.

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Because state planning is horrendously corrupt and it is difficult to observe because they put up such a good propaganda face (they deal in politics after all).

>how would those exist if they didnt get massive public research funding
This is an incredibly flaky position.

It is up to debate how much public funding helps advance science. I suppose if it were dropped to save taxes then most of the money would go to luxuries and conveniences instead of being invested in R&D.

However is not saying their discoveries would have been discovered a little later, is saying they wouldn't have happened at all, which is absurd tbqh. would have to demonstrate that privately funded research is inherently inept in some way, I am guessing research that only has long term benefits that won't yield a profit. However if you look at something like nuclear physics, countless applications were found for radioactive materials long before we developed nuclear power, also as time went on and other areas advanced you could go back to that dilemma scientists keep harping on about and risk some R&D spending going in that area in the hopes they stumble across something and you get a priceless patent. Also there are investment vehicles for very long term payoffs like this.

So why does say that? I've heard this meme before. It is because politicians spit memes like this out all the time and people just take it as fact. That it basically their job and ironically bcause of things like this the state is worse at making decisions.

To a soviet state planner it would be absurd to invest in a multitude of menial consumer goods like toothpate instead of fighter jets.

What are you arguing?

If you bought Einstein a sandwich you can claim all the credit for his work? That it would be impossible for him to do it without you?

thats a bad analogy. libertarian reasoning is funny

The problem with private enterprise is that you can't make it invest in unprofitable ventures. Putting a man on the moon was an unprofitable venture, yet it is perhaps the greatest achievement of the 20th century.

The free market may be more efficient, but it's much more limited to what it's willing to do. Sometimes, the State has to take the lead when the market fails to deliver.