Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "AOC Is Right on Drug Prices but Ignores the Cause of Their Size" video.

  1. Pharma R&D changes the equation: if they can't be guaranteed to recoup their investment, they're not going to do the investment--that's "business". Intellectual property is the opposite of a commodity. Think about it...you gotta bump it up a level: the "competition" takes place at the level of intellectual property, not commodity. You don't "create" a commodity, you "produce" it--nature already created the elements of its construction. By contrast, intellectual property is a unique creation, qualifying for copyright/trademark protection precisely AS a unique product. Likening it to a commodity is like adding a new element to the periodic table of the elements...apples and oranges.
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