Excellent article. I’d add the point that government decisions are made in consideration to maintain order and create jobs. These decisions frequently favour the 1% over the public interest as my post to the OxyContin article suggests. Change is required in a changing environment. Government acting in the public interest as opposed to maintaining power would be a pleasant change.

“Another white collar crime that rewards a select few. Why do politicians support a system that does not hold people for criminal actions and results?

OxyContin had a long shelf life after it was launched by deception. "With questions mounting in Canada about OxyContin’s role in the opioid crisis, Purdue pulled the drug from the market in 2012, just a few months before the patent was to expire. Purdue attempted to paint the problem as one of abuse, saying people were intentionally using the pills to get high."”C