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Re:Is it time to nationalise the pharmaceutical industry? by bitwize on Thursday March 05, 2020 @03:42PM (#22497959)
> Nationalizing it will politicize pharmaceuticals. (and parties change control every few years of so).

That's easy to fix. Pass a law forbidding any non-progressive political parties from forming or having a say in government. What could possibly go wrong?

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Re:Is it time to nationalise the pharmaceutical industry? by mc32 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @04:15PM (#22498362)
> “Pass a law forbidding any non-progressive political parties from forming...”

What? That runs against the bill of rights right out of the gate.

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Re:Is it time to nationalise the pharmaceutical industry? by taborj on Thursday March 05, 2020 @04:15PM (#22498351)
> What could possibly go wrong?

Let's look to some one-party countries to find out!

Oh, look, everything.

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Re:Is it time to nationalise the pharmaceutical industry? by HarryHirsch on Thursday March 05, 2020 @04:13PM (#22498334)
Considering how many politicians try to score votes through speaking against the HPV vaccine and how many lives are lost though entirely preventable cervical cancer, this kind of remark is completely unneeded. Statistics are here: https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/statistics/index.htm
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