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There were never "cost" savings. Look up "negative externalization"; this has become (or, arguably, always has been) the modus operandi of capitalism.

To piggy-back, it bothers me so much that this is valid syntax in many implementations: UPDATE x SET a = NULL WHERE b IS NULL; Like... wat?

This is not true--especially when considering different SQL implementations (e.g. Oracle SQL versus Microsoft SQL). NULL and EMPTY handle the intersection of ontic versus epistemic…

It's not because Medicare offers a "blank check"; after all--the amount of revenue that the hospital can generate will always be hard-capped by the number of beds+/physicians+/reso…

Wait, wait, wait--you're saying that we need to solve issues like regulatory capture through legislation... so that we can have a market without governmental interference (aka a "f…

I think your questions suggest an answer which may or may not be true: a lack of class consciousness.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_consciousness

Put simply: it is fraudulent when a creditor uses lies or deception. JP Morgan deceived the Greek people by masking a massive loan to the Greek government as a "currency swap", see…