Fun fact: Do you know that kindergarten teachers in Switzerland have a starting salary of almost 100K a year. I spend a great deal of time in Zurich every year. The Swiss pay scales are off the hook. Because it’s expensive to live there and they want to keep it that way.

You know what undercuts your biting sarcasm just a smidge is the fact that the regulations and requirements to becoming a doctor in the wealthy developed nations with more affordable healthcare/socialized systems are every bit as stringent (and in some cases more stringent) as they are here.

There are lots of sacred cows out there that are only sacred in nostalgia or in context of the times they broke. So many of my favorite films, albums, and cultural ephemera juuuuust blow when I see them with my 2019 adult eyes. Some of them shock people. Some are your little darlings but you have to be honest. They…

I feel very little faith “we” will save us. Because I don’t think there is a “we” anymore. Everyone is their own little unicorn special interest squealing until they get every one of their special checkboxes checked and fuck anyone else.

“Collusion” is not a crime. Conspiracy is a crime. Collusion is the word Trumps lawyers told him to use because it’s legally meaningless. And of course like good little lap dogs the media just regurgitates what ever is spit into their little eager tweeting beaks.

I know I’m in the minority but despite the charisma and unreal beauty of Godot I think this movie is total unwatchable dogshit.

Dana Andrews made a study of the freaked out pilot in his career.

It never ceases to amaze me how easily the left falls for the rights reframing tricks.

“Did almost every retailer “fuck up” by not becoming Amazon? Did typewriter factories “fuck up” by not becoming Apple?” Reductio Ad Absurdum and Strawman. There are a million ways for policy makers to help economic sectors respond to forced technological change without resorting to literally impossible contrived…

How many more straw men to do have? Do you have bag of them under your desk? No. This is the digital age. You have a thumb drive of them.

I like to call it “The Christinator.”

Yes. Because it’s well known that the invisible force field generated by the random time and place your parents fucked and produced you utterly determines your worth as a human being.

I’ll leave that to policy experts to determine. But the Swiss and German Public/Private dual options seem pretty workable. But like you I’m not an expert. And unlike you I understand that fact.

You’ve certainly demonstrated your familiarity with reductio ad absurdum and straw men fallacies. But have yet to pose a serious argument. I mean the crux of your thesis in reflexive change can be bad? My. How novel. But nobody —literally nobody — is proposing crazy reflexive changes.

They DID infiltrate it. Christ. For decades actual the John Bircher Society is the main go-to policy writers and funders - ei: the Kochs.

Alternatively hearing people whine about shit 24/7/365 is boring as fuck and nobody wants to be around assholes who do.

And many more of histories fuck ups were civilizations that couldn’t change or adapt to the change that is inevitably and irrevocably forced upon them. Change happens if you want it to or not.

The idea behind MAD was that no matter how hard you try you won’t be able to sneak attack and hit a big enough percentage of your enemies strategic weapons to prevent retaliation. That is why they calculated a need for a few thousand nukes.

Brooks has really missed the boat on some solid revenue potential. He should do motivation speaking, books, and video on how to “fail upwards.” It’s his defining skill set. I’ve never seen a motherfucker get proven wrong so spectacularly and regularly and yet continue to be taken seriously.

Data Point: Ashley Graham is married to Justin Ervin. He is black.