r/Capitalism • u/BlueOval94 • 24d ago

Power of Greed

How ironic that the greed of healthcare companies led to Luigi killing Brian Thompson, and then the greed (maybe desperation) led to the capture of Luigi and then the greed of the authorities meant that because he technically didn’t call the right tip line he didn’t get the payout. Surely pure capitalism is not the right course at all!

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u/Toad990 24d ago

There's many different health care systems in capitalist countries. So I'm not sure what you're babbling about.

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u/BlueOval94 21d ago

Not true. Yes ideally that would be what would happen but there’s a dangerous area where shareholders get greedy due to the necessity of the product. Extreme example but showing the reality of the problem of capitalism is the guy that bought the rights to the HIV drug and then sky rocketed the price over night because he knew people will still pay because they had no choice. Disgusting. You think things like that don’t happen across the board to a lesser degree?