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This is a great example of a straw-man attack.
by exabrial 1y ago
This is a great example of a straw-man attack.
- cess11 1y agoNo, it is not. They said that since someone, which is typically a fictive person, had spent a lot of money, they deserve to restrict physical persons' access to supposedly life saving substances. I would like to know how far they take that position.
- WillPostForFood 1y agoHow many people do you feel liek you are personally responsible for killing because you haven't given 100% of your disposal income to food relief? Hundreds? Thousands?
- CobrastanJorji 1y agoThis isn't "I could use my money to acquire food for the poor." It's "I'm going to prevent anyone else from selling food, and that will let me charge 100x as much for food."
- cman1444 1y agoAnd yet, if the system wasn't set up this way it's likely that these medicines would never have been developed in the first place. If we take away investor returns now, why would they ever pursue developing similarly effective drugs in the future?
- cess11 1y agoOn the contrary, profit motive and immaterial rights slow down innovation and the spread of new technologies. This is why states are the main producers of knowledge and funding most of the interesting research.
- CobrastanJorji 11mo agoGood point, maybe researching drugs and treatments shouldn't be done primarily by for-profit companies, and governments should take this on themselves.