Vox plays a subtle Slate-type game by anointing Martin Shkreli a hero for being a truly world class asshole. Shkreli is such a perfect, world class asshole that he becomes impossible for anyone to defend. A failed hedge fund guy who's trying to turn a buck to cover losses off an AIDS drug? What, he couldn't make a buck off illegal organ harvesting of puppies?
The assumption is that Shkreli's perfect odiousness will galvanize Congress into action...Stop laughing. Look, that's the argument! Stop laughing! I didn't make it, I'm just...
Yeah, Congress won't do jack. However, it has become a potential issue for Democrats to pound on.
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