Big Pharma, Big Tech, Hollywood and other toxic Biggies are pure products of the government.
To destroy them, end the concept of intellectual property. No more patents. No more copyright. They will pretend it will end all research and creation. Let them cry and watch the little guys take their place.
Intellectual property is an insane concept. Monopoly on thoughts. The "knowledge economy" requires mind control to exist.
Agreed, granted I thought when IP protections was originally set up, it was only valid under copyright for 7-10 years (I need to go study that again). Then it was public domain.
Mickey Mouse is an infuarting example, no one is able to use the image for any reason without Disney coming down on them for a likeness that is many decades old.
I strongly support copyright protections, but only for a limited time & then it needs to become public domain.
It's baffling to me how anyone would think it a good idea to do away with intellectual property rights.
Some of the things I see said in this forum would fit in well with socialist lefties. Blatant anti-capitalism, wanting to break up Amazon's company and giving their property to their competitors to make it more "fair", putting limits on how much profit a company or individual can make, wanting to prevent people from having the right to their own intellectual property, wanting to make MORE laws, etc...
Seriously, has anyone else noticed this lately? I don't know if it's happening more often than before or if I'm just noticing it more now. I really don't like hypocrisy and that seems to be a lot of what I'm seeing here. It's extremely disappointing to see that here.
Well we have epi pens to costing hundreds of dollars despite the technology being old and US military created. There are things that should be accessible to people.
Gov regulation is also an issue because we have Pfizer making pfizermectin instead of just using ivermectin so they can copyright and profit off of their version of the already cheap drug that we can't get.
Remdesivir is a sorts drug and hot garbage, lethal, and expensive yet that's all hospitals allow.
Do you remember when everyone was fighting about the Affordable Care Act when President Trump first entered office? When leftists were saying we should have government funded healthcare for everyone because it was unethical for companies to profit from illness and that everyone should have accessible healthcare?
I'm curious on which side you landed on that argument. Because conservatives were saying that healthcare IS accessible to everyone (similar to how you're saying insulin should be accessible to everyone).
It's just odd to me to see the same arguments sociaists were using to argue for government funded healthcare being argued here.
At the time I was covered under my parents' insurance, and since, I've had great insurance through my profession.
But the ACA was terrible even for those who believe in a public option.
Idk where I stand on that. I have friends in Spain who had multiple chemo sessions and have not paid other than through taxes.
My grandfather in Spain has had open heart surgery and multiple other treatments without paying on the spot.
Then again, treatments are rationed and wait times can be long for non ER procedures.
Medicare is a nightmare and would not scale up to 100% of US population, as it stands it's a huge expense to gov budget and serves something like 15% of the population.
Illegals cost us a fortune as they don't have SS# and use the ERs en masses.
US Hospitals charge $50 for a generic Tylenol and pass it to the insurance changes who raise premiums and pass it on to us.
In the US, I had a friend with no insurance have to pay 35,000 for a half hour surgery when he broke his elbow. Another friend pay 2600 for 6 stitches on his finger.
Ultimately, I don't want government bureaucrats to call the shots in Healthcare. But as it stands in the US, the shot callers are the administrators, AMA, NIH, CDC so gov still calls shots and policies (look no further than. Remdesivir and ventilator treatment for US hospitals, banning IVM and HCQ, setting policy to make people wait until they can't breathe to get treatment vs early treatment.
So I don't support Obama care, but I don't support whatever it is we have now.
Big Pharma, Big Tech, Hollywood and other toxic Biggies are pure products of the government.
To destroy them, end the concept of intellectual property. No more patents. No more copyright. They will pretend it will end all research and creation. Let them cry and watch the little guys take their place.
Intellectual property is an insane concept. Monopoly on thoughts. The "knowledge economy" requires mind control to exist.
Agreed, granted I thought when IP protections was originally set up, it was only valid under copyright for 7-10 years (I need to go study that again). Then it was public domain.
Mickey Mouse is an infuarting example, no one is able to use the image for any reason without Disney coming down on them for a likeness that is many decades old.
I strongly support copyright protections, but only for a limited time & then it needs to become public domain.
It's baffling to me how anyone would think it a good idea to do away with intellectual property rights.
Some of the things I see said in this forum would fit in well with socialist lefties. Blatant anti-capitalism, wanting to break up Amazon's company and giving their property to their competitors to make it more "fair", putting limits on how much profit a company or individual can make, wanting to prevent people from having the right to their own intellectual property, wanting to make MORE laws, etc...
Seriously, has anyone else noticed this lately? I don't know if it's happening more often than before or if I'm just noticing it more now. I really don't like hypocrisy and that seems to be a lot of what I'm seeing here. It's extremely disappointing to see that here.
Well we have epi pens to costing hundreds of dollars despite the technology being old and US military created. There are things that should be accessible to people.
Gov regulation is also an issue because we have Pfizer making pfizermectin instead of just using ivermectin so they can copyright and profit off of their version of the already cheap drug that we can't get.
Remdesivir is a sorts drug and hot garbage, lethal, and expensive yet that's all hospitals allow.
Do you remember when everyone was fighting about the Affordable Care Act when President Trump first entered office? When leftists were saying we should have government funded healthcare for everyone because it was unethical for companies to profit from illness and that everyone should have accessible healthcare?
I'm curious on which side you landed on that argument. Because conservatives were saying that healthcare IS accessible to everyone (similar to how you're saying insulin should be accessible to everyone).
It's just odd to me to see the same arguments sociaists were using to argue for government funded healthcare being argued here.
At the time I was covered under my parents' insurance, and since, I've had great insurance through my profession.
But the ACA was terrible even for those who believe in a public option.
Idk where I stand on that. I have friends in Spain who had multiple chemo sessions and have not paid other than through taxes.
My grandfather in Spain has had open heart surgery and multiple other treatments without paying on the spot.
Then again, treatments are rationed and wait times can be long for non ER procedures.
Medicare is a nightmare and would not scale up to 100% of US population, as it stands it's a huge expense to gov budget and serves something like 15% of the population.
Illegals cost us a fortune as they don't have SS# and use the ERs en masses.
US Hospitals charge $50 for a generic Tylenol and pass it to the insurance changes who raise premiums and pass it on to us.
In the US, I had a friend with no insurance have to pay 35,000 for a half hour surgery when he broke his elbow. Another friend pay 2600 for 6 stitches on his finger.
Ultimately, I don't want government bureaucrats to call the shots in Healthcare. But as it stands in the US, the shot callers are the administrators, AMA, NIH, CDC so gov still calls shots and policies (look no further than. Remdesivir and ventilator treatment for US hospitals, banning IVM and HCQ, setting policy to make people wait until they can't breathe to get treatment vs early treatment.
So I don't support Obama care, but I don't support whatever it is we have now.