I generally agree with the sentiment but you definitely go too far. > Game theory validates that regulatory capture is 100% the issue. Regulatory capture cann

I generally agree with the sentiment but you definitely go too far. > Game theory validates that regulatory capture is 100% the issue. Regulatory capture cannot be the issue because it exists pretty much everywhere (in the Western world, I guess), yet US prices/insurance/medical spending is higher than in e.g. Europe. Maybe it's the US flavour of regulatory capture - that's an option - but then you should be railing against that, not pulling a fake reductio ad game theory argument out of your sleeve - I mean, what do you propose as the alternative, an unregulated drug market? I mean, I'm very much in that direction - I believe all drugs should be legal and accessible, the only restriction I'd put on the "freely" part of "freely accessible" (e.g. new/experimental drugs only if you're dying, hard drugs like heroin only if you go through 6 months of classes & psychiatric evaluation, etc.) - but even that's clearly still a "regulated market" (e.g. disallows misleading advertising).