Companies like Eli Lilly, Merck, GSK, Bristol-Meyers Squibb cause and perpetuate massive amounts of human suffering. I view them on the same level as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. Input?
Companies like Eli Lilly, Merck, GSK, Bristol-Meyers Squibb cause and perpetuate massive amounts of human suffering. I view them on the same level as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. Input?
The only reason this isn't true is that the pharma companies occasionally develop a drug that cures a disease, like hep C. And then they charge out the ass for it so nobody can afford it, sure.
Also I would like to point out that conspiracy-theorizing that companies are suppressing a "cure" for cancer is dumb as fuck, scientifically illiterate, and just a way to show you don't understand the basic nature of cancer as a category of disease.
Yeah, I get that, but these advancements don't happen because the pharmaceutical industry exists, they happen despite it. The exact same people could be developing these treatments while working for the government.
Sure, but we're comparing private sector companies to private sector companies. MIC would also still be evil even if entirely nationalized.
That's fair, but it would at least take part of the incentive for wars and destabilizing the world away.
Would you consider the Chinese military companies to not be evil just because they work under the state? I get that they have to defend themselves, power projection is necessary, etc.
I feel like weapons of war are inherently morally bad, or at least neutral if used for the right reasons. Providing medical care, on the other hand, is an inherently good thing that we have twisted for profit... Which could be an argument against me haha. Apples and oranges, I guess.