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by PhasmaFelis 2438 days ago
Just for starters, there are many different kinds of food, and the barriers to entry are relatively low. Everyone needs some food, but there's plenty of room for competition when there's filet mignon vs. hamburger vs. beans and multiple providers for each. That's a textbook condition where the free market can serve everyone well.

With a lot of medicines, in the current regulatory environment, there is one product from one manufacturer, and you must pay what they want or suffer.

When you resort to sarcastic mockery, people are going to look a lot harder for holes in your argument. If you must do that, you should start by making sure your argument is solid, or at least not transparently flawed.