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> Lets also not forget that if you can't make money off lifesaving drugs, you also won't bother to invent any new ones. Well this is the smartest thing I'll he
by such_a_casual 11y ago
> Lets also not forget that if you can't make money off lifesaving drugs, you also won't bother to invent any new ones.
Well this is the smartest thing I'll hear today. Context, context, context. The story goes that the drug was already around, already invented, already profitable. Some rich people came along and bought the product for billions of dollars because they realized they could resell it at a much higher price. So yes, let's not forget that if you can't make money reselling AIDS medications at an inhumane price, you won't bother to. And let's also not forget how easy it is to come across as capitalist sheep when we ignore the basic facts of the story in order to support our own ideals.