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Andrew Schmookler discusses dangers of American shallowness. Libs pushback on my Pharma take

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Andrew Schmookler discusses the dangers of American shallowness as he continues with his A Better Human Story series. Libs at DailyKos challenged my take on the evils of Big Pharma.

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  • Andrew Schmookler discusses the dangers of American shallowness: Andrew Schmookler discusses the dangers of American shallowness as he continues with his A Better Human Story series. [More]
  • Some Liberals at DailyKos challenged my take on the evils of Big Pharma: Those who are not in agreement come in two major spheres. (1) Pharmaceuticals have a purpose but need to be regulated more strongly to make prices more affordable. (2) With all of its flaws, capitalism is the only solution when other economic systems from around the world are compared. I disagree with both statements factually. (1) Wile our indoctrination would have you believe that drug companies take significant risks to create drugs and, therefore, their obscene profits are justified, the reality is different. Corporations do not take real risks. Most of their risks are offloaded in many forms. Drug companies don’t attempt to work on a drug until Universities and federal grants prove initial viability. The fact that they spend more on marketing than R&D is probative. Worse, all companies write off losses on present and future taxes, and as such, any risk is socialized. (2) I believe in free enterprise. Capitalism is a fraud. It is nothing but antiseptic slavery and, in some instances, worse because the source of labor is no longer capital and thus disposable, as the working class has seen over the decades. That we do not see better systems come into the fold is that we suppress every instant around the world where it is attempted. We have been indoctrinated for too long, and we need to take the blinders off. Our economic system is working as designed, as the outcomes we said would occur are happening in real time. I am willing to have a serious and civil conversation with anyone on my radio program who would; like to discuss this with a wider audience. Hit me up, and we will arrange a recording for the public at large. [More]

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About Egberto Willies

Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.

Comments

  1. Vincent Trudell says

    The readers of Daily Kos lack the COURAGE to do the right thing. It is like dealing with a large group of Cowardly Lions from Wizard of Oz. I tried to reason with them and I got me pretty much banned(read-only) over there.