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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be)
submitted 9 months ago by Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Socialism isn't "when the government does stuff" it's better thought of as when companies become democratised, so while it could still happen you have more chance to appeal to average people rather then purely answering to the CEO chasing profit margins.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's absolutely no law preventing you from starting a company like this

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Okay?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism doesn't force you into a particular corporate structure

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Not explicitly, no, but there's a reason almost every company has the exact same corporate structure.