fiddlehodl@nostrplebs.com on Nostr: You and I agree about so much! But to me the problem here is that the state - with ...

You and I agree about so much! But to me the problem here is that the state - with its incredible power to coerce the people - is incentivizing certain behavior in the pharma companies. That same behavior in pharma without protection and subsidy and threat from the govt? zero profit

Business + coercion is a dangerous combination.

Business by itself can be good or bad, but it has a natural check on its power. Without coercion, products have to actually be of value to people.

My solution would be to get govt out of bed with pharma (not that I think that's going to happen...).