[ExI] Why is "cost of living" such a big problem?

[Henrik Ohrstrom]

Now we are cooking with gas!

Thank you.

Well I do have a number of suggestions.
Many of those would rightfully trigger a socialist averse response and so
despite being objectively right (duh) not useful since what's objectively
right is highly subjective.

I would like to start with true capitalism since much of the problems are
(my opinion but I think you will have problems showing something else) a
flawed market who calls itself free but is anything but that.

That is an over regulated market for healthcare, insurance, medicines,
medtech and medical research. This flawed market priorities 3party income
over the customer/patient.

The patient can not be a free actor in this market since everything the
patient interact with have a massive legislative disadvantage for the
patient/customer and gives an unfair advantage to the other side.

Remove all the artificial blocks for a free market and you will eventually
come to the same level as everyone else with a free market.

If you also make it possible to form a co-op for most customers to join
forces and economy to become an equal actor, equal with the different
healthcare industries and pharmas then you will have reasonable healthcare
to an reasonable price.

That is perfectly possible to achieve in a fully capitalistic setting as
long as the insurance companies are economicaly loyal to their customers
and not external "investors" aka economical predators.
The proof is in the care pudding,  plenty places in the world have
perfectly tolerable healthcare despite beeing highly capitalistic.
Just keep out the artificial protection of predators and let the customers
freely chose who will represent them in the market.
Some socialist leanings makes this easier for the common customer but is
despite my opinions not all that necessary.

/Henrik


Den sön 8 nov. 2026 19:51 <spike at rainier66.com> skrev:

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> Incompetence since Why the Fuck! do you tolerate that shit?
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> OK, if we choose to not tolerate the incompetence, what do you suggest?
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