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>Given that the FDA is a product of a democratically elected government that is ultimately accountable to the people The head of the FDA is appointed by Donald
by Consultant32452 7y ago
>Given that the FDA is a product of a democratically elected government that is ultimately accountable to the people
The head of the FDA is appointed by Donald Trump.
>If I don't like the FDA, I can vote for someone who will fix it.
Do you have any evidence to support this claim?
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/charles-wheelan/2014/04/22/study-shows-wealthy-americans-and-businesses-control-politics-and-policy https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/charles-wheelan/2014/04...
- vkou 7y agoDonald Trump is an incredibly shitty person, but is democratically elected. The head of the BBB is not. You're letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.
- Consultant32452 7y agoThe head of the BBB doesn't have a monopoly guaranteed by men with rifles and cages. Do you have any evidence to back up your claim that if you dislike the FDA you can vote someone in who will fix it? I provided pretty compelling evidence that suggests you cannot. We're all responding to a story of the FDA allowing a big megacorp give us all cancer for literally decades. I think we have a very different definition of the word "good." You can't vote in a better FDA, but you can fire the BBB by simply ignoring them. No system will be perfect, but a better system is one in which you can choose to ignore an unreliable source of information and aren't forced to fund their production of unreliable information.