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why is the United States the only country in the world where advertising prescription medicine to consumers is allowed? Because the US has the strongest freedo
by harryh 10y ago
why is the United States the only country in the world where advertising prescription medicine to consumers is allowed?
Because the US has the strongest freedom of speech protections in the world.
- gizmo 10y agoFreedom of speech is for humans, not for corporations. Otherwise you also have to accept the bizarre citizens united decision that permits companies to spend an unlimited amount of money to campaign on behalf of political candidates. Extending personhood rights to corporations is a really bad idea.
- harryh 10y agoCorporations are people, my friend.[1] Which is to say, they are made up of people. My right to free speech is not diminished by the fact that I choose to work with other people for a common goal. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPQkd_AA6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPQkd_AA6c My second favorite republican quote that was mistakenly maligned by the left. In first place is, of course, Rumsfeld's rumination on the nature of unknown unknowns.
- kasey_junk 10y agoThe known unknowns speech ought to be engraved on every engineering school in America