President Obama issued an executive order to stop pharmaceutical companies gouging the prices of drugs which are short of supply. On average, the prices of drugs go six times as much as the original price. The FDA and the Justice Department would be involved in such cases.
The media coverage of the occupy movements are, a nod to 1% as well as the arrogance on their side -- much like the Republicans do -- the assumption on the readers siding with them, which really are the 99%.
In my opinion, oppression has never been silly but it is an interpretation. It certainly has its glory. Such as, being able to survive, socially and in this case, physically. In a way, it is their advantage to be ignorant and inconsistent in their logic. It is the advantage of the dominant power of the wild west.