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Pay attention to "might". The difference between health insurance and pharma is academic when hate-mongers are asserting authority.
by smitty1e 8d ago
Pay attention to "might". The difference between health insurance and pharma is academic when hate-mongers are asserting authority.
- ChrisMarshallNY 8d agoThat can be applied to anything, including tech. I don't think bringing in extremes, improves the conversation. I seem to remember a guy living in a cabin, writing manifestos, and mailing bombs to tech people and academics.
- marcus_holmes 8d agoSo someone who has suffered incurable harm and damage at the hands of health insurers is a "hate monger" while the health insurance executive prioritising their company profits over human health is just a normal person doing their normal job? If that's true then that value system is entirely messed up and needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt.
- smitty1e 7d agoTo paraphrase John Calvin, "The mind is a factory for rationalizations." Once we've set ourselves up as judge; jury; and executioner, the unintended consequences abound.
- marcus_holmes 7d agoApt. And that fits both parties in this situation.