J&J, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb spend billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D — Senate report points to greed and ‘patent thickets’ as key reasons for high prices::Senate report points to greed and “patent thickets” as key reasons for high prices.

  • @[email protected]
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    1010 months ago

    We clearly know the problem with the world of today. However, we can’t do shit about it because US democracy is an absolute sham.

    Choice A: unbridled consumption

    Choice B: unbridled consumption

    • @filister
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      210 months ago

      How can you call a country with a two-party political system a democracy is the real question here? Yes, you have primary and the political agenda of the candidates differ to some extent but this isn’t really a democracy in my eyes.

      For me democracy is to have a plurality of political parties, to form a government with other political parties and people to have a real choice and what you have in the US isn’t exactly that.

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        10 months ago

        💯

        This info graphic illustrates perfectly how First Past the Post would play out in a country like Sweden.