>> Yet again, research and breakthrough are not made by profitable companies.

I'm pretty confident that this is flat out wrong. Just within the tech sphere you have Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, Samsung, and Baidu that have all historically put out large amounts of research. Outside of the tech sphere look at Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GM, Toyota.

Here's a slightly dated summary of research spending by large (profitable) companies https://www.recode.net/2017/9/1/16236506/tech-amazon-apple-g....