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AoteroaHeritage@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Capitalism prioritises investment based on profit, not based on good

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AoteroaHeritage@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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    Here it is straight from the horses mouth that pharmaceutical companies aren’t trying to cure diseases, and are instead aiming for a subscription model where you have to keep paying them to stay alive.

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      “In the case of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, curing existing patients also decreases the number of carriers able to transmit the virus to new patients,” the memo argued.

      Jesus. Fucking. Christ. They’re not just arguing against curing chronic illnesses, they’re arguing against curing infectious chronic illnesses because it creates less patients to extort in the long run. That is one of the most heinous things I’ve seen put to paper.

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