[nlosti]

I just think agreeing to let any individual in all cases, legally, be able to give money to another individual for research, is maybe jumping the gun a bit. Ok perhaps you don't agree with my idea of wealth inequality, fair enough, but if for example you are trying to fund WMD research, or research into pseudoscience, or research that is inherently biased, I would actually like to see that banned I'm afraid. Other workarounds maybe include banning the research area itself, or banning newspapers from publishing it, whatever.

[JamesBarney]

Yeah it seems like we have two very different views of what government should do, you want to live in a society where what you can spend your money on is heavily restricted, the government has strong powers to restrict what newspapers can publish, and the government decides what types of science are approved, biased, and pseudoscience.

That government seems closer to something like China, where I prefer a less authoritarian government where individuals have more control over what they can say, and spend money on. Different strokes for different folks I guess.