Yes, I think my father is a perfect example of today's medicine. I think he has a life long pill for almost every problem.. Again, the point I was making was not about how effective these medications are.. Or that pharmaseutical companies are producing pure crap.. My cynical view dealing with huge companies, comes from a knowledge of what big money can do, and what big business is all about.. We take what we have to, without the medicines, some people might not even be alive today.. This is all factual, and I am not arguing that point.. What im arguing about is the grey, between the black and white.. I will try to make an analogy, to maybe clear up my point.
Have you ever read the communist manifesto? Great romantic ideology of a utopian, equal society.. There is not one country who really practiced pure communism.. And as we have found out through history, socialism does not work.. Why doesn't it work? Lets take a simple job task.. A baker.. If a baker is going to make the same profit regardless of quality, he will not possess the will, nor enthusiam to be the best baker.. However, if he can produce the best tasting cake in a capitalistic economy, he will be motivated to produce better quality.. this is a simplified example to show a simple point.. Quality, enthusiam, service, will, are all fueled by money, which turns to a fuel for power.. Once the little ameba's of competition fight, you get huge globs, almost like soap suds in water.. What happens is you get a few huge corporations who dominate and run an industry.. which leads to total stagnation.. The question is not about the medications, but look past that.. If pharm companies have the money and power to control research and development, Why wouldnt they engineer medications that would serve them the most benefit? They save lifes, they serve humanity, are they angels from above who just want to help humanity? No. Does the cholestrol medications, the hiv medications, the kimo therapy, the hair transplants, the propecias, and the rogaines generate billions of dollars.. sure does..
Anyone into computers? You got the 90 pentium 1.. went up to 100, 133, ...... 200 233 266.. all in incriments to the big bad *** 3.0.. oh wait they have a 3.2 gig out now.. They have the technology out now to release far past a 6.0 gig processor.. In fact they have super computers that are 20 times faster then that... So if the technology is available,, why do they release computers on the market at such tiny increments every damn month? Well my common sense shouts out to me, and tells me they are bleeding the market, and sucking as much money up as they can. Why must I buy microsoft suite packages when I want to update my system? Perhaps because it is the only feasible thing around to use.. The morale of the story is that, if too much power is in the hands of just a few.. You get stagnation.. and what you do receive.. You will never be able to fully assess what else you could have received.. Perhaps it could have been something better, more cost effective, more efficient, maybe a total cure for baldness, maybe a cure for cancer.. Why would anything be put out on the market, that would make millions of doctors, clinics and drug producing companies go out of business? Do you think people who hold great power in an industry are going to give it up? You dont think they will bleed people to make the most money? You think there will be further research or huge investment money in a new fuel to replace gasoline? Do you realize that there are some procedures and medications that people find in other countries that never made it over here? Think out of the box.. In fact buy some weed, smoke a phat blunt like i just did.. And everything just becomes more clear, and you can see the true dynamics of capitalism at work all around you.. . However.. it is still the best known way for an economy to function with some sort of a balance.. But i feel we are heading more and more to a socialistic state.. Adios my friends.. this buds for u
