The ostensible reason for the U.S. government to engage in bioweapons research is that other countries could possibly be developing these weapons, so we need to research how biological pathogens could be weaponized in order to develop defensive countermeasures. Let's assume other countries are NOT free societies, and their governments DO fund bioweapons research. In a free market here in the U.S., how would this play out? Would people be sufficiently frightened of the possibility of a foreign attack to willingly fund research into ways to protect themselves?
It reminds me of a television series my husband has started watching — Billionaires' Bunker. Here is the summary from imdb:
Imagine that World War III is about to break out and a group of billionaires takes refuge in a luxury bunker: Kimera Underground Park. Through screens, they'll watch the bewildering spectacle of the world they knew collapsing above their heads. As the situation outside becomes increasingly terrifying, they'll enjoy an underground city with basketball court, restaurant, zen garden, cocktail bar, psychologist's couch, gym and spa. Their ancient privilege will be reduced to a life adapted to a luxurious hole, an underground universe full of enigmas where a wound from the past will explode between two conflicting families.
It's a good question. And yes, we have to assume that at least some other countries are not free societies and are producing bioweapons.
So, first of all, the businesses providing protection (private protection agencies, insurance agencies, etc.) only get to survive in the marketplace if they create the results—safety— that people want. So I guess, yes, it is hypothetically possible that one or more of these companies might conduct the kind of research you are talking about, for defensive purposes.
But you have to remember: Without the special privileges (being above the law) that accrue to governments and their corporate buddies, these companies will be held accountable for any harm their research may cause. So they will have to be careful about it in a way that the current producers of such research do not.
Also, and this is the critical part: Look at how bioweapons research has been used over the past five years. Whether deliberate or not, a pathogen of some kind was created, and then a global political/psychological operation was launched on the back of that creation, that has resulted in, and will result in, countless deaths. Of course there are other harms, including a massive wealth transfer, but even that pales in comparison to the number of human lives destroyed by both hospital protocols and the mRNA therapy.
What has been done/is being done to us is so big it is hard to grasp. It is a genocide. But the perpetrators are not evildoers in some other country, at war with our government. They ARE our government. And the various industrial complexes it feeds.
Most Americans don't see this, because most Americans went to schools run by that government, and were trained NOT to see it. But this is the reality we are living with now: "Our" own government is waging war on us. And most of us don't even notice.
To bring it back to your question: Yes, it is conceivable that some company/companies in a free society might engage in research on biological pathogens for defensive purposes. But there are two important caveats:
1. Unlike in our own society, these entities would be held accountable for any harm their research causes to others, and:
2. They would most certainly be held accountable should they turn this research into a weapon for the purpose of annihilating the very population that supports them.
And this is critical too: Not only would they have to fear serious repercussions if their products hurt anyone, they have ZERO INCENTIVE TO DO THIS KIND OF THING!
When an entity (call it "government", I prefer "gang of thugs") survives and thrives WITHOUT having to have the consent of those it purportedly works for, when it receives its annual budget each year regardless of how well it has performed, it has ZERO incentive to serve those people. Absolutely zero.
But it sure has an incentive to take from them. And to violate their rights, when they get in the way of something they want. Maybe even to kill a bunch of them—especially the older ones, who will become a drain on the system and its resources, and they don't really like old people anyway...
These are backwards incentives. And we are at the point now where they are deadly incentives. If we maintain this incentive structure in our society, it will kill us. It will destroy our civilization. It is not sustainable.
The kind of society I am talking about—where everyone is accountable for their actions, nobody is above the law... essentially, where there is no monopoly on force granted to any entity—is built on just the opposite kind of incentives. And it works.
So, to answer your question, yes, it's possible that somoene might conduct bioweapon research in a free society. What is far less likely—hard to imagine even—is that anyone would do with that research what has been done to humanity over the past five years.
Whatever economic system results in the lowest number of wars is my preferred economic system.
Amen to that. ...and it's the one that doesn't grant anyone any special privileges with regard to the law.
The ostensible reason for the U.S. government to engage in bioweapons research is that other countries could possibly be developing these weapons, so we need to research how biological pathogens could be weaponized in order to develop defensive countermeasures. Let's assume other countries are NOT free societies, and their governments DO fund bioweapons research. In a free market here in the U.S., how would this play out? Would people be sufficiently frightened of the possibility of a foreign attack to willingly fund research into ways to protect themselves?
It reminds me of a television series my husband has started watching — Billionaires' Bunker. Here is the summary from imdb:
Imagine that World War III is about to break out and a group of billionaires takes refuge in a luxury bunker: Kimera Underground Park. Through screens, they'll watch the bewildering spectacle of the world they knew collapsing above their heads. As the situation outside becomes increasingly terrifying, they'll enjoy an underground city with basketball court, restaurant, zen garden, cocktail bar, psychologist's couch, gym and spa. Their ancient privilege will be reduced to a life adapted to a luxurious hole, an underground universe full of enigmas where a wound from the past will explode between two conflicting families.
It's a good question. And yes, we have to assume that at least some other countries are not free societies and are producing bioweapons.
So, first of all, the businesses providing protection (private protection agencies, insurance agencies, etc.) only get to survive in the marketplace if they create the results—safety— that people want. So I guess, yes, it is hypothetically possible that one or more of these companies might conduct the kind of research you are talking about, for defensive purposes.
But you have to remember: Without the special privileges (being above the law) that accrue to governments and their corporate buddies, these companies will be held accountable for any harm their research may cause. So they will have to be careful about it in a way that the current producers of such research do not.
Also, and this is the critical part: Look at how bioweapons research has been used over the past five years. Whether deliberate or not, a pathogen of some kind was created, and then a global political/psychological operation was launched on the back of that creation, that has resulted in, and will result in, countless deaths. Of course there are other harms, including a massive wealth transfer, but even that pales in comparison to the number of human lives destroyed by both hospital protocols and the mRNA therapy.
What has been done/is being done to us is so big it is hard to grasp. It is a genocide. But the perpetrators are not evildoers in some other country, at war with our government. They ARE our government. And the various industrial complexes it feeds.
Most Americans don't see this, because most Americans went to schools run by that government, and were trained NOT to see it. But this is the reality we are living with now: "Our" own government is waging war on us. And most of us don't even notice.
To bring it back to your question: Yes, it is conceivable that some company/companies in a free society might engage in research on biological pathogens for defensive purposes. But there are two important caveats:
1. Unlike in our own society, these entities would be held accountable for any harm their research causes to others, and:
2. They would most certainly be held accountable should they turn this research into a weapon for the purpose of annihilating the very population that supports them.
And this is critical too: Not only would they have to fear serious repercussions if their products hurt anyone, they have ZERO INCENTIVE TO DO THIS KIND OF THING!
When an entity (call it "government", I prefer "gang of thugs") survives and thrives WITHOUT having to have the consent of those it purportedly works for, when it receives its annual budget each year regardless of how well it has performed, it has ZERO incentive to serve those people. Absolutely zero.
But it sure has an incentive to take from them. And to violate their rights, when they get in the way of something they want. Maybe even to kill a bunch of them—especially the older ones, who will become a drain on the system and its resources, and they don't really like old people anyway...
These are backwards incentives. And we are at the point now where they are deadly incentives. If we maintain this incentive structure in our society, it will kill us. It will destroy our civilization. It is not sustainable.
The kind of society I am talking about—where everyone is accountable for their actions, nobody is above the law... essentially, where there is no monopoly on force granted to any entity—is built on just the opposite kind of incentives. And it works.
So, to answer your question, yes, it's possible that somoene might conduct bioweapon research in a free society. What is far less likely—hard to imagine even—is that anyone would do with that research what has been done to humanity over the past five years.