> Call your congresscritter.
unfortunately not likely to do anything as long as the big pharma lobby remains as powerful as it is
unfortunately not likely to do anything as long as the big pharma lobby remains as powerful as it is
Votes are too diluted, and there is no accountability for campaign promises.
Le référendum, c'est Place de la Bastille!
They instead resort to the language of the unheard.
Look for ways to make the patents unenforceable. If diabetics had the ability to make their own safe insulin at home that would be best. Then all they would need is an internet connection and some basic components. The closer we get to that ideal the more empowered they are.
This would actually solve a lot of price gouging for drugs.
However that's only a stop gap measure. What's happening with gating access to insulin is happening to a thousand other products in a thousand other industries right now. Start looking at alternative governance structures. Lord knows everyones got a blog and a half-assed plan to run things better at this point (since the bar is so low).
Just don't poke the bear. As cathartic as hanging 'congresscritters' would be it wont actually solve the problem.
Basically act like you don't expect anyone else to fix this problem for you because nobody is going to; especially if you voted for them.