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phry on June 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The insulin racket: why a drug made free 100 years...

> The use of force by the state to entrench the position and profits of a particular business

This is a natural and obvious end following from the foundation of capitalism, which is the existence of private property ensured by the state.

kjsbfkjbf on June 26, 2019 [–]

This thread is fun. The problems are X, Y, Z but not A (even though A results in X, Y, Z). Do people think lobbiests and corporations are somehow operating outside of capitalism?

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