The problem of getting people to accept direct public funding of research, as opposed to relying on government-granted patent monopolies, is that it is too simple for intellectual types to understand https://t.co/LW78kdpCkl

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) February 19, 2020

Intellectuals tend to want to make things more complicated than they must be because it excludes others and keeps the barriers to entry high. Sometimes, the world is complex. That is unavoidable. But a lot of what you see is artificially convoluted; this is unnecessary and is about protecting existing power and is designed for gatekeeping.