Talk:Schnee Dust Company/@comment-28189972-20170419140746/@comment-26397825-20170419143302

But...there were other companies who sold Dust in Atlas...Flynt's father ran one until the SDC ran them out of business.

Really, the SDC is just like the big oil companies of yore. They harevsted and sold the oil, but the scientists and militaries are the ones who went on the actually discover what you could do with it. And everyone knew about how to use Dust from centuries before Nicholas ever got it into his head to make a huge company based around selling it.

Saying the SDC is responsible for the advancements of technology is like saying Standard Oil Company is responsible for the advances in racing cars because they use petrol. All the SDC did was make it accessible. They didn't fund the scientists that made the technological advancements.