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How 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? Tho

• CobrastanJorji 11mo ago
  This 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 11mo ago
    And 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 11mo ago
      On 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 ago
      Good point, maybe researching drugs and treatments shouldn't be done primarily by for-profit companies, and governments should take this on themselves.