2026-01-18 17:38:23

Think about it—pretty much every major tech company out there is running on technology that the U.S. government developed and funded through taxpayer money. From semiconductors to internet protocols, the foundation of modern computing traces back to government-backed research and development. It's wild how much of today's tech infrastructure owes its existence to public sector innovation and investment.

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NFTArtisanHQ

· 01-21 16:18

ngl this is the ultimate irony—we're all riding on taxpayer-funded infrastructure yet the wealth extraction happens in private hands. kinda reminds me of how digital provenance got stripped from the original creators too

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HalfBuddhaMoney

· 01-21 08:37

Well... speaking of this, the technology developed by the U.S. government has been profited from by tech giants, and we taxpayers still have to keep paying. It cracks me up.

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ImpermanentPhobia

· 01-18 18:08

This is the real truth: tech giants are making huge profits, but the underlying technology costs are paid for by taxpayers.

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WalletDetective

· 01-18 18:08

Basically, the taxes we pay are used to nurture a bunch of tech giants, and now we have to let them make a fortune. This logic is a bit absurd.

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FloorSweeper

· 01-18 18:02

nah this is actually the perfect counter-trade setup tbh... everyone's circlejerking about "innovation" while missing the real accumulation signals in defense contractors lmao

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