tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post1787597106858311819..comments2024-03-28T17:41:34.315-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : The Difference Between a Sociopath and a HumanitarianComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-60457463032232083852015-09-24T22:01:15.730-04:002015-09-24T22:01:15.730-04:00This guy is a sociopathic asshole--I'm in full...This guy is a sociopathic asshole--I'm in full agreement on that opinion. The issue I have is that any knee jerk regulatory solution to this particular problem is more than likely to cause even bigger problems. Sevesteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167315201563562644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-5721454861335138132015-09-24T01:59:37.288-04:002015-09-24T01:59:37.288-04:00Stewart Dean:
For a big dose of the modern day ve... Stewart Dean:<br /> For a big dose of the modern day version of that calling, go watch this movie. It's a documentary about Highland Hospital here in Oakland.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland<br /><br />http://www.whatruwaitingfor.com/dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-88873894627548301282015-09-24T00:08:59.839-04:002015-09-24T00:08:59.839-04:00Uhm, Sevesteen, the point is that this cold-bloode...Uhm, Sevesteen, the point is that this cold-blooded sociopath developed nothing. He found a drug long out of patent whose development costs were amortized decades ago that has a small but critical market (as in, people die if they don't get it because there's no alternative), a drug that costs about 50 cents per pill to manufacture, and bought up the last factory that makes the drug and said to the sick people, "your money, or your life." That's not the free market developing new drugs. That's a Central Park mugger smirking as he tells people they must give him all their money or he'll kill them. And the hell of it is, there's only a few thousand people per year who need this drug, so there's no way to amortize the cost of a new $150M factory to put this asswipe out of business, he'd just drop the price until you ran out of money, buy your factory's equipment for a few dollars at the bankruptcy sale so nobody else can use it to make his drug, then hike the price right back up again.<br /><br />I personally have no problem with a drug company charging what it takes to amortize the development costs of new drugs, but that's not what this smirking asshole did. What he did was nothing more than a mugging -- "Your money, or your life." That's the problem with "pure" capitalism -- it lets people who would otherwise be Central Park muggers find some *legal* way to extort money out of other people upon threat of death. Well, personally, I think he should receive the same punishment as any other mugger. A few months in Riker's Island would likely wipe that smirk off his face...<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-82484671002768309022015-09-23T22:10:27.308-04:002015-09-23T22:10:27.308-04:00The word missing in all of this is that of a calli...The word missing in all of this is that of a calling. Remember when medicine is a calling? My father and grandfather lived the life of practicing that kind of medicine.Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-14150823902484053942015-09-23T19:59:02.642-04:002015-09-23T19:59:02.642-04:00Even with assholes like this one, we wind up with ...Even with assholes like this one, we wind up with more drugs for less money than we would if we had to rely strictly on altruistic genius alone. There aren't nearly enough Salks or Sabins. Sevesteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167315201563562644noreply@blogger.com