>>16443
>We, a species capable of utterly amazing feats of analysis and engineering, are wasting our time and our energy on bullshit.
>"And I have the solution this this, because I'll know how to best use ALL of our resources!"
I already know where this is going, but lets read on…
>How many diseases were once considered incurable? Or not just incurable, but a punishment from God himself?
And here comes the attack on Christians (who've done a shit ton of work to advance medicine).
He'll probably mention some massive disease like typhoid or the plague next. He'll probably say one of these diseases was ended by the state.
>You don’t see a whole lot of people defending the plague these days. The divine right of kings does not seem like a great political concept anymore. Do you know what happened to the smallpox? We stamped it the fuck out.
And the state utilized it as a weapon to genocide the Native Americans.
>When we’re talking about the allocation of resources, we’re talking about production
>And I deserve to dictate how those resources are allocated!
>how the goals of production are determined, not at the epiphenomena.
Profit motive. It's great at tracking scarcity too- if water is scarce, water prices are high. If maple prices are high, people use oak instead. It's quite effective at allocating resources and we don't even realize it.
>History demonstrates our ability to solve problems (such as diseases).
Based on what evidence? You've just shouted rhetoric out your ass with no substance this entire time.
>We have the economic and technological resources to eliminate many of our problems.
Based on what evidence? You've just shouted rhetoric out your ass with no substance this entire time.
>We are not using these resources in a way that solves these problems.
See above.
>This is because capitalism, which was once a vital and powerful system, has reached a point in its development where its internal contradictions make it ineffective and crisis-prone.
See above.
>History demonstrates our ability to change systems.
Give an example.
>We should change the system and fix our problems.
>Based on what I think is effective
>>16441
>Article
It's a blog post.
>But the American health care system may be performing better than it seems at first glance. When it comes to medical innovation, the United States is the world leader. In the last 10 years, for instance, 12 Nobel Prizes in medicine have gone to American-born scientists working in the United States, 3 have gone to foreign-born scientists working in the United States, and just 7 have gone to researchers outside the country.
>The six most important medical innovations of the last 25 years, according to a 2001 poll of physicians, were magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography (CT scan); ACE inhibitors, used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure; balloon angioplasty; statins to lower cholesterol levels; mammography; and coronary artery bypass grafts. Balloon angioplasty came from Europe, four innovations on the list were developed in American hospitals or by American companies (although statins were based on earlier Japanese research), and mammography was first developed in Germany and then improved in the United States. Even when the initial research is done overseas, the American system leads in converting new ideas into workable commercial technologies.
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