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All actors seem to behaving rationally to me. Just because some people dont like the outcome doesn’t mean anyone acted irrationally at any point.

25% in each: gold/stocks(index fund)/30 year US bonds/cash Its called the Permanent Portfolio and it has a great long term track record: https://portfoliocharts.com/portfolio/perma…

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What you’ve described is labor theory of value and I don’t think it makes sense.

HB's Permanent Portfolio consists of 25% each cash/gold/stocks/long term bonds 25% stocks (index fund) Stocks – for profit during periods of general prosperity and/or declining inf…

Id like to see some ability to detect different CMSs

commute - work someplace closer. or get remote work. chores - have less stuff to maintain. eating - not sure what can be done here. exercise - look into tabata or hiit. you can wor…

What exactly isn't true about my statement. You are saying people are not individuals with their own preferences? Sure you can draw mental or geographical lines around people. And …

And who controls for the number of vets and the number of VA hospitals? The government. Do you think they would do better in a bigger version of this for the whole country?

There is no "we" as you mention. Everyone is an individual with different values and judgments. How could you expect the entirety of the human race to treat someones actions in a c…

I think cutting costs is the solution as well. Wouldn't cutting down regulation, and reducing the AMAs monopoly on doctors help? Less regulation = less costs. More doctors drive co…

I prefer: Find the individuals profit motive and appeal to it.

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Are they truly "errors" or deviations which could be good or bad?

No effort towards innovation would then go into that sector. Ever again.

Isnt the simplest explanation probably correct in this scenario?

> For-Profit institutions are a plague on our nation I dont understand. ANY for profit? Like Apple or Ford? Or just educational institutions? If just educational institutions, what…

You might be able to coerce (by force) the world to give you what you want at the price that you want. But that doesnt mean it comes without a price. There is always a cost and man…

How is government protecting a monopoly free market exactly?

> covered by society why is this preferred? make everyone pay for it? make everyone who doesnt have kids poorer? pass the money through the government that takes a cut of it to adm…