{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"fiddlehodl@nostrplebs.com wrote","author_name":"fiddlehodl@nostrplebs.com (npub1kw…khx95)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub1kwk98e8t2p3t0um50e3luulxwyt5mtcxvc80w8w89fcuju0dmzfsgkhx95","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"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\n\nBusiness + coercion is a dangerous combination.\n\nBusiness 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.\n\nMy solution would be to get govt out of bed with pharma (not that I think that's going to happen...)."}