<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>fiddlehodl@nostrplebs.com wrote</title><author_name>fiddlehodl@nostrplebs.com (npub1kw…khx95)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1kwk98e8t2p3t0um50e3luulxwyt5mtcxvc80w8w89fcuju0dmzfsgkhx95</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><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&#xA;&#xA;Business + coercion is a dangerous combination.&#xA;&#xA;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.&#xA;&#xA;My solution would be to get govt out of bed with pharma (not that I think that&#39;s going to happen...).</html></oembed>