(See: The TVA) Retraining has failed and even if it didn't there cannot possibly be enough skilled jobs to fill.
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There are a whole lot of things in there to come to grips with. Concrete mortality data would help too.
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But the O-care example is very important--huge initiative that's made things vastly worse, ignored.
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Would that that were the whole of the problem. But it least it's something (theoretically) in our power to change.
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Nah, it absolutely is not. At best it can teach people to withdraw their support from the system & find counter-power.
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We need alternate institutions, like surgery centers that charge cash but list their prices up front.
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Of course, we used to have alternate (informal) institutions, but rural institutions are basically illegal now.
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eeeeeeyup. we are in hell.
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how do we reconcile this with the fact that the US is better for all but the poorest decile?
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Take especial note of the point about Obamacare.
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stupid question: why can't these people organize into self sufficient communities?
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Cultural collapse, brain drain, external forces (eg Obamacare forcing ppl on $20/day to spend $30/day on healthcare)
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We can treat the drugs. Even the suicides, but they're symptoms, not diseases.
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I don't know that there's anything 'we' can do! It's more about de-bubbling, reality-checking what we think we know.
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Yeah, mostly thinking out loud. It's frustrating.
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The thing is, what are we supposed to do about all this? What can we do?
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I'll also cop to being young and in a position where, while I may not be elite I'll never face most of these issues
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