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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

"Palliative chemotherapy" means giving expensive drugs to a hopeless case, witho no intention of producing a cure or remission. Does nothing much for the patient (unless you consider being a terminal cancer patient for a few extra weeks a good thing), but it is highly profitable. The sales pitch is usually some patter about "slowing the progress of the disease."

My father had the wits to say, "Why the fuck would I want to do that?" Smarter than the average bear, he was.

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A "VALUE"??? Most people would consider that a sign of a failed society.

Libertardians are not most people.

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