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This is assuming we treat profit as immutable. Which is, I suppose, “rule one” in business, no? And in most cases - hey that’s fine. I disagree but it’s ok.

This is assuming we treat profit as immutable. Which is, I suppose, “rule one” in business, no? And in most cases - hey that’s fine. I disagree but it’s ok. One area where I will always push back is on services that are required for life. Food. Shelter. Power (electric, etc) … healthcare. If the service is critical, profit should be considered last, if at all. (As I write this, my elec provider has doubled its generation rate this month… yet making tons of profit for its shareholders…)

WalterBright 4y ago
As history shows us, agriculture for profit is far cheaper and more effective than collective farms. The same with healthcare.
- drtz 4y ago
  > As history shows us, agriculture for profit is far cheaper and more effective than collective farms. I doubt the accuracy of this statement. But I'll make a largely-unsubstantiated claim of my own, nonetheless: for-profit agriculture has substantially increased the cost of for-profit healthcare by focusing on high-profit foods that are highly processed and addictive instead of foods that are actually good for us to consume.
  - WalterBright 4y ago
    > I doubt the accuracy of this statement Spend 5 minutes researching it with google what happens with collective farms. > for-profit agriculture has substantially increased the cost of for-profit healthcare by focusing on high-profit foods that are highly processed and addictive instead of foods that are actually good for us to consume People vote with their dollars what they want to eat. Besides, if you do google the history of collective farms, the result in every case was famine, not breaking out in health.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      > collective farms, the result in every case was famine What about kibbutzs and moshavs in Israel? Granted, they are small-scale,

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This is assuming we treat profit as immutable. Which is, I suppose, “rule one” in business, no? And in most cases - hey that’s fine. I disagree but it’s ok.

by flandish 4y ago

WalterBright 4y ago
As history shows us, agriculture for profit is far cheaper and more effective than collective farms. The same with healthcare.
- drtz 4y ago
  > As history shows us, agriculture for profit is far cheaper and more effective than collective farms. I doubt the accuracy of this statement. But I'll make a largely-unsubstantiated claim of my own, nonetheless: for-profit agriculture has substantially increased the cost of for-profit healthcare by focusing on high-profit foods that are highly processed and addictive instead of foods that are actually good for us to consume.
  - WalterBright 4y ago
    > I doubt the accuracy of this statement Spend 5 minutes researching it with google what happens with collective farms. > for-profit agriculture has substantially increased the cost of for-profit healthcare by focusing on high-profit foods that are highly processed and addictive instead of foods that are actually good for us to consume People vote with their dollars what they want to eat. Besides, if you do google the history of collective farms, the result in every case was famine, not breaking out in health.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      > collective farms, the result in every case was famine What about kibbutzs and moshavs in Israel? Granted, they are small-scale,