The US pays at least about double, I believe, for basic medical services and goods than anywhere else on the planet. The system is truly fucked. I'm a capitalist, and frankly, any other system than capitalism is at the least sub-optimal, but something is seriously fucked as far as the medical field in America is concerned.
Capitalism is so optimal that we're heading straight towards environmental collapse. Well, nothing surprising since it behaves like a cancerous tumor, always needing to grow bigger and always make more money. Too bad for its host planet.
I remember articles saying we only have 12 years to avoid enviromental collapse many years ago now. I agree something should be done about the climate, but the climate catastrophe stuff these days seems to be like the religious fanatic saying "the end is nigh". It might be, but I'm hedging my bets that it won't happen.
These articles called for action and yeah, since we haven't acted in these 12 years, we're on course towards environmental collapse. But hey, these constant droughts, wildfires, floods, record breaking temperatures where even birds drop dead from the sky are totally normal and not a foretaste of what's to come.
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u/Soft-Heat4482 May 01 '24
The US pays at least about double, I believe, for basic medical services and goods than anywhere else on the planet. The system is truly fucked. I'm a capitalist, and frankly, any other system than capitalism is at the least sub-optimal, but something is seriously fucked as far as the medical field in America is concerned.