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AnyAppearance3827 t1_j822orh wrote

Reply to comment by JoeKingQueen in Can I work for AI? Maybe in the future. by JoeKingQueen

I'm willing to play here. I'm phoneposting though

  1. medical lodges existed until mid 1900s that had retiree and young doctors that did basic medicine for very cheap but doctors at hospitals lobbied and form the AMA to squash competition, and the insurance agencies moved in to a niche that was exploitable because of the narrow doctor labor resources and the associated liability for the hospitals. This is an example of regulation distorting the market rather than an example of private insurance creating a bad system.

  2. yeah landlord's are shit. That's basic.

  3. unsold cars- if the companies die from lack of sales in the short term, they can't create more cars later once the current models run out in the long term. They are under no obligation to sell, so this system seems reasonable to sustain life of the company and employees.

  1. Same reason, everyone buys a 30 year light bulb, all the light bulbs run out, where are you gonna buy a new one in 30 years? It's a necessary feature to allow companies to exist, to allow the market to be served.

  2. Education is great for increased value, but it's causative for low birthrates, the single highest factor. It's controls half of the birthrate if you look up the stats, based on international numbers. Countries need to strike a balance of enough education.

  3. Yeah that's accurate.

  4. Yeah that's accurate, the media is a mouthpiece of interests with power and always has been. You would be a fool to trust any media to be nonbiased at any point.

  5. Yes people should work together, but if everybody in a country is focused on the benefit for their lowest caste, they will inevitably attempt to extract resources from neighbour's in the form of slavery or war.

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JoeKingQueen OP t1_j82iw06 wrote

The reason I won't believe some odd nuance somehow explains how healthcare actually works is because it's obvious healthcare isn't working. We can see this. Look at insulin, which can be produced for a fraction of what it's sold. Not a fair markup, exploitation. A life saving medication for many, held as some kind of carrot to exploit those people. This issue permeates the system almost completely. Look at people who won't get preventative care while it would save them and the system work in the long run, because of the extreme expense. Anywhere we look we can see it not working.

Caused by greed and ignorance, exploitation inevitably leads to waste. Because this all centers on money, a lot of that waste takes the form of inflation. Which amplifies the whole problem for the people being exploited in the first place. Increasing the burden yet again. It's wild.

Anyway even if you don't agree on that, the things that you did agree on are the things I'm talking about and the way our system could be better. Possibly with the help of artificial intelligence.

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