Just like how mandatory sewers helps big pipe, plumbers, the utility company, and harms septic tank makers. Compulsory schooling puts scribes out of work!

My post did not ascribe a value judgement to the side, merely surfaced a factor. Do you think financial incentives don’t matter? Do you go through your entire life that way or is this the only topic where financial incentives don’t matter?

I am playing devil’s advocate. Incentives definitely matter. I am tired of anti-vaccine scams being peddled. A few years ago I noticed a sign of regulatory capture in Scott Gottlieb who sits on the Pfizer board and was previously FDA commissioner.

They were downvoted because they're addressing what they imagine the article was about, not its actual contents.

The article barely mentions Big Pharma except in this blurb at the top. It's not an attempt to downplay Pharma profits, it's an attempt to draw attention to lesser-known players with even larger profits.

The blurb “assumes the sale” and gives you a single point answer to what the problem is not.

The commenter took issue with that which I think is correct.