The fact that elsevier and other similar entities ar allowed to continue to exist, i.e. that people are actually willing to give these parasites money needs to

The fact that elsevier and other similar entities ar allowed to continue to exist, i.e. that people are actually willing to give these parasites money needs to be analyzed so a root cause can be found and the dreaded thing can be put to pasture for good. Leads: - academics are ultimately lazy and do not care to fix the system - academics are so self-engrossed with their research that, like much of what they do that isn't directly pertaining to their work, the quality of what they do is horrible. - there exist a system of incentives that feed something back to people helping perpetuate such a parasitic system. Other ideas?