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Re:The Pain Hustlers by _jal on Thursday May 03, 2018 @01:13AM (#16983505)
Neither?

I don't even know how it is possible for a corporation to be 'unalloyed evil'. At least above some threshold size, you're going to mishire and get someone who fails to kick all the puppies or twirls their mustache at an inappropriate time.

More seriously, strong drugs with high addiction potential are medically necessary for those who need them (my understanding is that there are no substitutes in some situations, and a lot of the substitutes for other situations are substantially worse along some dimensions). That shouldn't mean you do whatever you can to push volume, but, well.

So, in my view, they're producing important product. They're also run by awful, greedy human beings who should be snubbed by non-awful humans.

It is just another reminder that win-at-all-costs capitalism has... costs.

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