this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For those of you wondering, the answer wound up being "yes it is". This is why click bait headlines are bad.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

What kind of amateur journalist doesn't know Betteridge's law of headlines?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

In this instance, I think maybe the fact that they're asking, at all, is more telling/alarming/relevant than whatever the answer purportedly is.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Capitalism’s success already accounts for the poor to die as a feature not a bug

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Without the poor the rich couldn't exploit anyone but themselves

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Companies aren't motivated to find actual cures diseases that are highly profitable like type 1 diabetes. If they do, I expect it will be like the $3.5 million treatment for hemophilia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This is not a shitpost. This is just reality.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago