So why does this guy think this? How does his argument work out? I'm genuinely interested because it is so unfathomable to me that I can't comprehend how he could come to the conclusion that lower drug prices is bad
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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Probably thinks the only reason the prices are high is to keep a drug shortage happening. He's too far gone into neoliberal propaganda
He claims that profits is what causes new drugs to be invented and that with less profit incentive, then less drugs will be invented. The he implies that more people theoretically die because medicines aren't invented.
It's profit motive, free market nonsense. It doesn't make sense because profits go to the company owner. The people who invent drugs receive a wage. Also many drugs are invented through government research and then sold to private owners.
Oh wow didn't expect a proud turbo lib to be using the capitalist innovation line in such a way. the turbo libs I know don't fall for that one anymore.
@grok is price controls worse than the holocaust?
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic" wasn't an endorsement
puttin a lil rainbow flag up there isn't a large enough mask for them rabidly fascist takes, muh big dogg decker
I'm not sure why the neoliberal guy is upset about Trump's execute order. The executive order does not at all say that it will reduce pharmaceutical profits. Nor does it say how it will reduce drug prices. If anything, this executive order is intended to increase pharmaceutical profits.
Trump's "Most Favored Nations" drug policy is not about lowering drug prices, the executive order simply says that the US should pay the lowest drug prices in the world. For Trump, that doesn't mean lowering drug prices in the US, it means raising drug prices in other countries. If you read the executive order, it's mostly about demanding that drug companies raise drug prices in other countries. Trump said at the signing that he wants to put tariffs on drug companies which offer lower prices in other countries. The executive order is just US nationalism applied to drug prices.
Ugh, JDPON Don’s a succdem revisionist. Figures…. 
I used to say on reflex that this is satire but I've learned that a lot of people genuinely are that stupid
That's less stupidity and more amorality and selfishness.