Capitalism is murderous

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    4 years ago

    J&J is a totally different technology than Pfizer and moderna

    What needed to happen was a suspension of patents and seizing facilities for non essential pharmaceuticals for retooling into vaccine factories. The government should’ve had facilities like this anyway mothballed or used for their own Medicare generics.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Medicare generics

      I can already hear /r/neoliberal brains exploding into fountains of Supply/Demand graphs.

      • cilantrofellow [any]
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        4 years ago

        If a private enterprise can’t compete on the open market with what should be a public utility, then maybe that shouldn’t be a private enterprise.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          4 years ago

          How can our elite economic overlords afford the nose candy and teenage ass necessary to incentivize them to Make America Great Again with that kind of attitude?