• Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 day ago

      Nah, it’s the old “if the prices are low the pharmaceutical companies won’t have money to spend on new meds” line. Clearly doesn’t know much about… You know… Subsidies.

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      2 days ago

      “The problem is there’s too much demand for medicine and some people must simply go without”

      So the shortage is already here? Also, if there’s an excess of demand, what if we fixed public health to encourage more walking, time outside, and more so less people will need these rare, scarce resources in the first place. Thus the most ethical way to lower demand?

      “No because then the economy would be hurt by less people buying things.”

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          It’s how I believe, nothing’s more laugh inducing like the idea of communism causing shortages, when capitalism has caused multiple shortages just because porky doesn’t feel like making more or doing artificial scarcity, but it’s ok because here’s some articles on why these shortages are good, actually.