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> Cancer is a for-profit business model where the owners of capital benefit from sickness. Sure, I'm with you here. > Curing cancer was never the goal. You'r
by Arrath 2y ago
> Cancer is a for-profit business model where the owners of capital benefit from sickness.
Sure, I'm with you here.
> Curing cancer was never the goal.
You're starting to lose me. Your statement might be correct for the most actuarial-brained monsters at the top of the executive foodchain but I think the research scientists and doctors would disagree with you.
> Finding out how to give people cancer and treat it was.
And here I think you've veered from legitimate criticism of the for-profit healtcare system into some serious whack conspiracy territory.
- Terr_ 2y agoIt also assumes the most-actuarial-brained monsters aren't worried about any competition from other monsters that can take their patients away with a better cure. While that's possible--ensuring competition is an ongoing issue in the American economy--it's still one more bad-star that has to align to get a real disaster*. *Yes, I know there's etymological repetition there and I like it.