The KGB Oracle Forums General Public Discussion (SPECIAL ACCESS) KGB Political Debate Central Healthcare - For Sinij

The USA "left" the British Empire. That much is true, the original comment may have been intended to solely include physical movement, but the way it was written was not technically consistent with that intent.

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civil war
 
noun
a war between political factions or regions within the same country.

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That is the reference.com

Now, do we consider a colony of an Empire a faction or region of the same country.

I will lean toward yes, that we could technically refer to the Revolutionary War as a civil war.

Now that those issues are settled, can we all stop getting heated over semantics please?

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Further aside, Sinij, the USA was in fact extremely libertarian for a very long time... and has never been anything like Somalia, so can you please stop using that reference - it really serves no purpose.

Derid, but someone is wrong on the internet, we have to correct them!



This is true, you could consider part of US history as libertarian and you can point to a number of similarities with present day Somalia - from mining company towns, to Pikertons, to large lawless areas (of wild west fame), to robber barons.



No I won't, not until libertarians clearly define limits to reduction of government and limits to deregulation as opposed to "more is better!" approach.

Still, this is clearly not a health care debate, how about we move it to appropriate thread?

By the reply below I would say you have beaten me to it!

I just wanted to add that Wolfgang, I love and respect you as a person despite the fact of your questionable political convictions.

Awww I love ME too Sinij.

I respect all views, If we all had the same views it would be a pretty fucking boring place!

Healthcare spending around the world, country by country



So to put it in perspective, US government share of healthcare spending is BIGGER than entire healthcare spending by countries with universal healthcare, like Canada.

Where are the outcomes?

You dont listen when things are explained to you, so why go through it again?

You only seem interested in latching on to correlations that support your pre-determined outcome, and show little interest in the metal rigor of understanding the underlying systems and how they interact.

A couple cherry picked numbers pulled from a system this large and complex mean nothing unless you understand the whys and hows.

Explain? Please, you wave hands in the air and ignore the facts.

Obscene, huge numbers of money US spends on healthcare isn't some correlation - it is The Problem.

Sorry MONEY SPENT ON HEALTHCARE isn't "couple cherry picked numbers" it is The Problem.

Why do I bother, you will still ignore elephant in the room because it doesn't pass your ideological purity test.

And even with that they still can't make shit work, and you want to give them more power and more money. Stupid is as stupid does...