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That might be a valid point if the parent comment had been similarly nuanced. But it said "no government supervision", not "roll back to 1962". I find this kin
by dTal 7y ago
That might be a valid point if the parent comment had been similarly nuanced. But it said "no government supervision", not "roll back to 1962".
I find this kind of motte-and-bailey stuff ubiquitous in discussions with libertarians, as the "philosophy" amounts to anarchy which most people realize is bad.
- ikeboy 7y agoNote that I'm not the one who posted the parent comment. Anyway, the Milton Friedman talk linked explicitly mentions the same beta-blockers example as my link discusses and cites it as causing tens of thousands of deaths. He says it's been a disaster over "the last 20 years" - the talk was in 1978, so this is roughly the 1962-1978 period. And the "governmental supervision for health care" mentioned is broader than the FDA.