Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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That could happen in socialism, where a government grant runs out and research is no longer funded because the person in charge of funding science changes.

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.

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

Okay?

Capitalism doesn't force you into a particular corporate structure

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