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You have no idea what it’s like to be powerless and have people like you dictating terms and ruining lives and there being nothing you can do about. You have n
by fallingfrog 8y ago
You have no idea what it’s like to be powerless and have people like you dictating terms and ruining lives and there being nothing you can do about. You have no idea what that feels like.
- icebraining 8y agoOn the other hand: the company was charging $13/pill for a long time. Shkreli hikes it immensely, and only two months later a competitor starts selling it for $1/pill: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/30/express-scripts-imprimis-to-offer-daraprim-alternative.html https://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/30/express-scripts-imprimis-to-... Arguably, Shkreli's actions incentivized competition (like the parent poster talked about), and at the cost of only two months of unaffordable prices, patients were left much better off. Personally I still find his action abhorrent, but the facts do have some weight.