[There is no vaccine for Ebola because our economic system vests virtually all decision making in the private sector. We do so knowing that for-profit companies exist to maximize profits. It doesnt matter if theyre selling medicine, gasoline, soda pop or credit default swaps - the corporations that make these products do so for one and the same reason. Big Pharmas greed isnt some kind of aberration; its an inherent feature of free-market capitalism: A capitalist system, by design, puts profits over people. The handful of sectors that remain under government control, such as water, highways and public schools, anticipate and deliver services that meet the publics needs (or, at least, used to). Not just wealthy peoples needs or white peoples needs or able-bodied peoples needs but, assuming the government has not been crippled by austerity measures, everybodys needs.]
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 00:23:47 +0000
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