American Military Bases are basically socialist woke dream . I was talking to a former military brat just yesterday about her life growing up in US military bases around the world with a Colonel father.
She mentioned that food, housing, health care and education is all provided and equal. The 4 star general's kid goes to the same school as the private's kid. So the school has to be damm good to make sure they can get into the Ivy Leagues. She never knew anything about health insurance, when anyone was sick, they just went to the clinic and got care. Everything was equal and fair without money involved. She was surprised to learn what health insurance even was when she came to the US as a teenager. "You mean you don't just get taken care of when you're sick?"
Given the recent Prez/SecWar gathering the US military generals to say we're ending the "woke" era. Maybe they should also stop this socialist wet dream happening in hundreds of military bases worldwide.
Of course, there're downsides to the military and growing up in that system. Not to mention the difference of volunteering to risk sacrificing your life and getting benefits in return. Nonetheless, it does seem to validate that if you're doing a great social good then you deserve a strong social safety net.
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Part of it is likely whatever increases military effectiveness. Having healthcare, education, and other concerns covered lowers the stress of an already stressful group endeavor of war.... American Military Bases are basically socialist woke dream
I was talking to a former military brat just yesterday about her life growing up in US military bases around the world with a Colonel father. She mentioned that food, housing, health care and education is all provided and equal.... Timeline of Events in Brian Thompson Assassination. On December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated outside the New York Hilton Midtown. The suspect, later identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, shot Thompson multiple times before fleeing on an e-bike. Thompson was pronounced dead shortly after. Mangione, who stayed in NYC for 10 days prior, was arrested on December 9 in Pennsylvania and charged with second-degree murder. The attack is believed to be a symbolic act targeting the healthcare industry.
November 24, 2024
- 10:11 p.m.: Suspect arrives in New York City on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta, Georgia.
November 24 – December 3, 2024
- Suspect checks into the HI New York City Hostel on the Upper West Side using a falsified New Jersey ID and pays in cash.
- He stays at the hostel for ten days, checking out on December 3.
December 4, 2024
- 5:30 a.m.: Suspect leaves the hostel, likely by bike.
- 6:15 a.m.: Suspect exits the 57th Street F Train subway station.
- 6:17 a.m.: Suspect purchases coffee, water, and granola bars at a Starbucks near the New York Hilton Midtown hotel.
- 6:30 a.m.: Surveillance footage captures the suspect walking while talking on the phone.
- 6:39 a.m.: Suspect arrives in front of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel and waits.
- 6:44 a.m.: Brian Thompson leaves his hotel. The assailant shoots him multiple times, then flees northbound via a pedestrian walkway.
- 6:46 a.m.: Police respond to a 911 call reporting the shooting.
- 6:48 a.m.: Officers find Thompson with multiple gunshot wounds. He is taken to Mount Sinai West hospital. The assailant is seen riding an e-bike into Central Park.
- 6:59 a.m.: Suspect is seen riding a bike on West 85th Street.
- 7:04 a.m.: Suspect enters a northbound taxi at 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
- 7:12 a.m.: Thompson is pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West hospital.
December 9, 2024
- Morning: Luigi Mangione, 26, is arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the assassination.
- Afternoon: Mangione is charged with second-degree murder and other related offenses.
December 11, 2024
- Mangione appears in court, contests extradition to New York, and is held without bail pending a governor’s warrant.
This article argues that insurance companies are only minor contributors to the US healthcare problem - the main culprits are providers (hospitals, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, etc.) who charge excessive prices while maintaining a friendly facade and letting insurance... Timeline of Events in Brian Thompson Assassination. On December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated outside the New York Hilton Midtown. The suspect, later identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, shot Thompson multiple times before fleeing on an e-bike. Thompson was pronounced dead shortly after. Mangione, who stayed in NYC for 10 days prior, was arrested on December 9 in Pennsylvania and charged with second-degree murder. The attack is believed to be a symbolic act targeting the healthcare industry.
November 24, 2024
- 10:11 p.m.: Suspect arrives in New York City on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta, Georgia.
November 24 – December 3, 2024
- Suspect checks into the HI New York City Hostel on the Upper West Side using a falsified New Jersey ID and pays in cash.
- He stays at the hostel for ten days, checking out on December 3.
December 4, 2024
- 5:30 a.m.: Suspect leaves the hostel, likely by bike.
- 6:15 a.m.: Suspect exits the 57th Street F Train subway station.
- 6:17 a.m.: Suspect purchases coffee, water, and granola bars at a Starbucks near the New York Hilton Midtown hotel.
- 6:30 a.m.: Surveillance footage captures the suspect walking while talking on the phone.
- 6:39 a.m.: Suspect arrives in front of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel and waits.
- 6:44 a.m.: Brian Thompson leaves his hotel. The assailant shoots him multiple times, then flees northbound via a pedestrian walkway.
- 6:46 a.m.: Police respond to a 911 call reporting the shooting.
- 6:48 a.m.: Officers find Thompson with multiple gunshot wounds. He is taken to Mount Sinai West hospital. The assailant is seen riding an e-bike into Central Park.
- 6:59 a.m.: Suspect is seen riding a bike on West 85th Street.
- 7:04 a.m.: Suspect enters a northbound taxi at 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
- 7:12 a.m.: Thompson is pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West hospital.
December 9, 2024
- Morning: Luigi Mangione, 26, is arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the assassination.
- Afternoon: Mangione is charged with second-degree murder and other related offenses.
December 11, 2024
- Mangione appears in court, contests extradition to New York, and is held without bail pending a governor’s warrant.
I would feel less conflicted about all this if there was a clear better alternative. It’s tough because I feel in my soul that we (humanity) should be evolved enough to not have to resort to murder…surely we can move forward without resorting to barbaric methods?... Luigi Mangione's "Manifesto"- Legitimate Transcript
Source: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone.... What's good about Trump? I don't follow (American national) politics a ton, but I know Trump is an incredibly divisive figure who just got convicted of 34 felony counts, while still being favored as the Republican candidate for the next presidential race.
What's good about him, what he's done, and his policies? For example, less death in foreign wars—even the biased ChatGPT admits:
Trump's foreign policy led to fewer foreign deaths due to a reduction in large-scale military engagements, and his administration did not initiate new large-scale wars or military interventions—a significant departure from previous administrations that engaged in extensive military campaigns, such as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
This shit’s about to get hot. I’m pumped about his picks of RFK, Tulsi, and Musk. Musk is a stupid-successful business dude, he knows how to cut a ton of spending without fucking up functionality, and he can’t be pushed around by wokeness.... Finally they learned to cut off people's mics. Hot take: If the media wasn’t so Green and did this in 2016, I think Hillary would have won.
Yeah for a couple of decades I’ve felt like we’ve been missing a "moonshot" to rally behind, and that that moonshot should be not just renewable energy cheaper than oil/gas, but free or positive sum energy.... How do we realign the incentives in Healthcare to actually support wellbeing? Currently, there are many conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives in the Western medical system. For example, Doctors by default
fight
for their patients to live as long as possible, even when that’s not what might actually benefit the patient’s overall wellbeing (or even when it contradicts the patient’s stated preferences), because they rightfully fear litigation fornot doing enough.
In general, the medical system is full of multi-polar traps like this. Collaboration and humility and vulnerability are devalued, because unless everyone simultaneously were to adopt them (which would actually benefit everyone), then individuals suffer for adopting them.
Self-Reflection: "Jordan, you mentioned that positive thinking can be a multiplier in recovery but not sufficient on its own. Can you reflect on any times in your own life where a combination of both traditional and non-traditional methods led to a significant change in your... How do we realign the incentives in Healthcare to actually support wellbeing? Currently, there are many conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives in the Western medical system. For example, Doctors by default
fight
for their patients to live as long as possible, even when that’s not what might actually benefit the patient’s overall wellbeing (or even when it contradicts the patient’s stated preferences), because they rightfully fear litigation fornot doing enough.
In general, the medical system is full of multi-polar traps like this. Collaboration and humility and vulnerability are devalued, because unless everyone simultaneously were to adopt them (which would actually benefit everyone), then individuals suffer for adopting them.
yeah and aside from ken wilber most of the critiques i’ve seen of that system are green and do a lot of pre/trans fallacies with their healthcare interventions, so we really have to transcend and include... How do we realign the incentives in Healthcare to actually support wellbeing? Currently, there are many conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives in the Western medical system. For example, Doctors by default
fight
for their patients to live as long as possible, even when that’s not what might actually benefit the patient’s overall wellbeing (or even when it contradicts the patient’s stated preferences), because they rightfully fear litigation fornot doing enough.
In general, the medical system is full of multi-polar traps like this. Collaboration and humility and vulnerability are devalued, because unless everyone simultaneously were to adopt them (which would actually benefit everyone), then individuals suffer for adopting them.
I think it’s got to be a "four quadrant" engagement—looking at the individual development of people, the cultural values, the physical constraints and behavioristicness, and the systems.... How do we realign the incentives in Healthcare to actually support wellbeing?
Currently, there are many conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives in the Western medical system. For example, Doctors by default "fight" for their patients to live as long as possible, even when that’s not what might actually benefit the patient’s overall wellbeing (or... It's time to make circumcision illegal.
Here’s the deal. I believe it’s time to abandon this outdated procedure. It’s easy to maintain personal hygiene today and have access to healthcare, which were the two, IMO, worthy arguments for allowing this procedure....