A timely article. Seems we are confronted with a perma-crises situation with attacks coming on all fronts foreign and domestic. I wonder how much people can take as all that's solid melts into air. The war drums are sounding in E Asia, W Asia, and genocide is being livestreamed from Gaza. Federal workers are in the crosshairs and certain technofacsists are building an integrated database to track us all. Hard to see the trade war leading anywhere good and our ruling class seems ruthlessly driven to taking everything leaving nothing of value untouched. Institutions are losing legitimacy and careerist democrats seem like deer caught in the headlights. How long can this fester before it explodes, and will there be entities capable of directing agency into constructive action rather than adventurist individualist acts?
The existing “health care” system does an excellent job enriching the insurance companies, and that’s about it. By every metric I can think of — efficiency, cost control, patient outcomes, navigability, coordination between care-givers, transparency — it’s an utter failure. Its survival is a testament one thing: the ability of insurers to funnel profits back to “our” political leaders. So I guess that’s a second thing the system does well — enrich its defenders.
A timely article. Seems we are confronted with a perma-crises situation with attacks coming on all fronts foreign and domestic. I wonder how much people can take as all that's solid melts into air. The war drums are sounding in E Asia, W Asia, and genocide is being livestreamed from Gaza. Federal workers are in the crosshairs and certain technofacsists are building an integrated database to track us all. Hard to see the trade war leading anywhere good and our ruling class seems ruthlessly driven to taking everything leaving nothing of value untouched. Institutions are losing legitimacy and careerist democrats seem like deer caught in the headlights. How long can this fester before it explodes, and will there be entities capable of directing agency into constructive action rather than adventurist individualist acts?
Very good, very clear and to the point.
The existing “health care” system does an excellent job enriching the insurance companies, and that’s about it. By every metric I can think of — efficiency, cost control, patient outcomes, navigability, coordination between care-givers, transparency — it’s an utter failure. Its survival is a testament one thing: the ability of insurers to funnel profits back to “our” political leaders. So I guess that’s a second thing the system does well — enrich its defenders.