Conspiracies are an effective means for a small group to exercise economic and political power over others for long periods of time, up to eons. For example, the divine right of kings to rule over commoners was supported by the Church for many centuries, thus yielding a highly effective and self-perpetuating means of controlling societies by the dual threats of force in this life (by the king's army) and the afterlife (where political dissenters would suffer hell-fire eternally).

More recently, we have seen a market with 5 or more acid-reducing proton pump inhibitors (PPI's) all on patent and all "competing" on price, yet not one medication was priced below $5 per pill until the first generic hit the market. The same was seen with statins, which did not see any effective price competition until lovastatin went generic. How did 5 or more pharmaceutical companies arrive at the same floor price prior to generic competition? It was either telepathy (get back to me with the details, telepathically), or it was conspiracy among these allegedly competing big pharmaceutical companies.

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