You are absolutely right. I wanted to use this argument with antibiotics to answer a person who called me stupid, but you beat me to it.exactly
want to see this live? Look up the dire situation of antibiotics resistance. Big pharmas aren’t even bothering with new antibiotics research why? Because it’s not profitable. It is my field and it’s heart breaking millions of people die every year due to antibiotic resistance. The big pharma could make an effective antibiotic if they want but won’t because it’s not for lifetime use and also won’t be used by a lot of people.
look at covid vaccine. Developed in months and coronavirus isn’t an easy virus to make a vaccine for.
this is why I posted the veritasium video because it shows this problem even in lightbulb industry and many many others.
Our science has reached a point where we can cure diseases but we won’t because $$$ is a huge hinder
The deniers of this phenomenon don’t want to simply accept the reality because it’s too harsh and kills hope but that’s the truth.
A cure will come from some fringe scientist with some chance not by big pharma.
Cosmetics is a HUUGELY profitable industry. Nobody sane would kick their profits just to give some baldies hairs
In fact, the problem is not only in medicine, but also in other areas, we can observe how films, games, food, building materials, education, etc. have changed. We will see the same thing everywhere, the lack of quality and the increase in quantity, unfortunately this is how capitalism works in practice. There is no place for creativity under capitalism.
I'll give you an example. Game companies release a beautiful trailer (wrapper), create a pre-order for the game, people run and make these pre-orders, the company makes a profit and releases a raw product. When users start complaining en masse, the company shows them a "roadmap", which says that they will be finalizing the game for some time, and when the negative subsides, they forget about this "roadmap" and start a new project. Just see for yourself that the same thing happens everywhere. Could this have happened in 2000?
All drugs that have been created, including finasteride, were created under socialism and democracy. Democracy is always a transitional stage to capitalism, which is why the transition was so smooth and imperceptible.
If you want a cure or finally make sure that this disease cannot be cured, you need to organize and do research yourself. Fortunately, there are plenty of smart and talented guys on the forum.
"The rescue of drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves."