Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Perseverance Porn: How The Media Defends Late Stage Capitalism" video.

  1. The Everyday Liberal Show, saying universal healthcare is "cheaper" is very vague. My one bedroom apartment is cheaper than a three bedroom apartment on the hills in my city, does that make my one bedroom better? No. Cheaper does not always mean better. As for efficient, universal healthcare has longer wait times and lower R&D and thus less progress where progress and innovation is highly desired in healthcare. Healthcare is fighting evolving diseases and diseases we know little about and still trying to find cures for. You do that with R&D. Countries with universal healthcare lack in R&D. As for being more effective, nothing suggest that is true. In terms of outcomes the US is on par with the rest of the world. For example, many point at life expectancy and say the US is low. However, if you remove car accidents and murders from all countries the US is number one in life expectancy. Saying universal healthcare is cheaper, more efficient and more effective is very vague.
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  2. "Healthcare and education should be provided for by the government. " Why? Also, who provides it? Someone has to work to provide it? Why do you want to overwork educators and healthcare providers?
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  3. "Seriously, get universal healthcare, it's cheaper, more efficient and effective" Not true on any of those qualities.
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  4. craig brown, most CEOs, business owners and people who are successful work at least 60 hours a week.
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  5. This Guy, there are several flaws in your argument. "Capitalism is unfortunately a zero sum game many times where one persons gains are always offset by another person's losses or, to put it simply, "you lose, I win"." That is a poor mentality. To start, if you "lose" you should work harder to try to "win", which is vague in many ways. Next, in capitalism to "win"you have to produce for others. Either you are a worker producing for the company you work for and they pay you, or you are someone who is well off producing for society. On the extreme case Bezos "won" because he made shopping easier for millions of people. He gave something to improve society either objectively or subjectively.
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  6. Most people aren't struggling, and most who are poor don't work to begin with, or work part time.
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  7. " the private market has failed the healthcare arena" Government has failed healthcare.
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  8. Don't have kids if you can't afford them.
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  9. "When this becomes the way to serve a minority of capitalists then it's inefficient." What do you mean by "capitalists"? If you practice in the capitalistic system you are a capitalist. I did this morning as I had to decide where to grab my breakfast. You make decisions in the market as well making you a capitalist.
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  10. When you are young you can do it, but eventually you need to put yourself in a position work only one job. That is on you and in reality, in this country, that is not hard to do.
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  11. Mad King, only 5% of the nation works more than one job. That is very deceptive as well as many work seasonal jobs or two part time jobs and thus are temporary. Someone working three jobs is very rare thus we should not push for major changes, or even minor changes in that case.
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  12. UBI will only lead to massive inflation. Those who support UBI have no idea how money works or what it even is.
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  13. Jimmy Dore is an economic illiterate. Yes, productivity has gone up, and goods and services have improved. Since 1980 people now have a small device in their pockets that has more computing power than what put man on the moon. Cars are better, computers are better, homes and apartments are more energy efficient, etc. This woman working three jobs is very rare in the US and is not the norm.
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  14. " then why do other countries that have universal healthcare spend less per-capita and have better health outcomes than the USA??? " They don't have better outcomes and it is cheaper as they highly ration it, don't offer advanced treatments, and have less R&D.
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  15. Keepskatin, I want high quality healthcare for all, high wages for all and great education for all. I understand that government does not have a magic wand to just create it.
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  16. " Yeah, and what about the 48,000 people who die in our country every year from lack of healthcare?" People die in other nations as well due to shortcomings in their healthcare systems. That 48,000 is very deceptive and in reality is lower. Also, it is 0.01% of the nation, around 40,000 die a year in traffic accidents in comparison. No system covers everyone as they all have flaws. "What about the tens of thousands forced into bankruptcy evry year over medical expenses? " Rather be bankrupt than dead.
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  17. "The NHS in the U.K. covers every man woman & child, " Not true. They have long wait times and women giving births while lacking hospital beds. "it’s voted the best system in the world" Based on what? "The U.S has around 28 million who aren’t covered," Ok, and we have 320+ million people. Also, if you want to use the same low standards for the US as you do the UK the US has everyone who is covered as the ER cannot deny anyone. "366,000 people go bankrupt every year due to medical bills" Rather be bankrupt than dead.
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  18. " People in those other countries LIVE better than we do." That's vague. In what ways? " They are HAPPIER" Happiness is 100% subjective. "Why should we not be able to live like them?" For the most part we do.
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  19. "You have more guns than people" So? "a school massacre almost every 60 hours." Not true at all. If you want to have a progressive conversation you have to stick to the facts. "No universal healthcare" So? "You are the only first world country to have no paid leave by law" Yea, the free market offers it already. "Child marriage is legal in all 50 states" And? "Your life expectancy is lower than almost all civilised countries." Statistically no if you look at error. Several factors contribute to life expectancy. Based on error we are on par with other nations.
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  20. The Majestic Spider, happiness is 100% subjective. It is based on one's perception. There are cultural factors as well. One can be happy when objectively they have a very low standard of living. Pointing to "happiness" is a cop out to avoid discussing actual objective measures of success. I am sure Cleveland Browns fans will be happy if their football team won one game next year. Is that success?
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