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>doctors rarely have time to do research on the samples that they were given. Maybe back in the old days, but now with instant journal access, instant press ac
by drzaiusapelord 11y ago
>doctors rarely have time to do research on the samples that they were given.
Maybe back in the old days, but now with instant journal access, instant press access, etc its really not an excuse.
Self-compliance and regualtion isn't all that terrible especially when the alternative is underfunded and politically controlled organizations like the FDA. We like to believe in this myth that they're above the fray when it comes to commercial and political interests, but that's just not true. The FDA has no shortage of whistleblowers.
This attitude of "OMG IF ITS NOT 100% SOCIALIZED ITS SHIT" is extremely questionable. I don't know why its taken up uncritically on internet forums. One of the nice things of US society is that we have a more sophisticated idea of public/private partnerships which leads to interesting outcomes. This builds a lot of flexibility, creates investor confidence, and is just better business. For example, why are all these miracle drugs from the US and not from, say, Greece? Its clear there are many, many advantages to the US system. Silicon valley wouldn't have existed in a high regulatory environment, yet here you are on a forum dedicated to technology startups largely centered in that area and derived from that culture.
- Retra 11y agoWhy do you attribute the US's success in this area to its economic system and not it's massive population, fertile & expansive territory, socio-political isolation, and worldwide military presence?
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoRussia has all this and its GDP per capita is one quarter ours. Not to mention the fall of the Soviet Union, etc. Yeah so "just having resources equals success" is asinine. Not to mention all the academic research on the success of open markets, low regulation, etc.
- Retra 11y agoRussia doesn't have all that. Russia has half the US population, its territory is largely frozen taiga. That's one of the reason Russia works so hard to maintain dominance over countries like Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus, etc.. They are much more fertile. The US doesn't have to do anything like that. We don't even need foreign oil as much as most countries do.
- bdisraeli 11y agoRussia was also one of the least industrialized countries in Europe in 1900 and had about 27 Million people killed in the Second World War vs about 400 Thousand Americans. This is not a valid comparison.
- twoodfin 11y agoJapan also does pretty well with very little of those innate advantages.
- marcoperaza 11y agoYep. We have the formula for economic and social development: 1) Strong rule of law 2) Political and economic freedom 3) Regulations that focus on reducing information asymmetry. There are plenty of examples: America, Canada, parts of Europe, Chile, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand. The rapid development of Eastern Europe (particularly Poland) is a great case-study. But this simple truth is a threat to a lot of entrenched interests, who will fight and deny it every step of the way.