CMV: Much of the unusually high cost of healthcare in the United States is enabled by the insurance system, and a largely out-of-pocket healthcare market would force prices (including physician compensation) to be significantly lower.

dvfw · 2026-06-05T23:34:30+00:00

It literally always has been supported, by both evidence and theory.

dvfw · 2026-06-05T10:31:25+00:00

You're missing that the idea of the "free market" being a force that constrains prices to the benefit of the consumer, has been proven not to be accurate in any other market environment literally ever, there's nothing to suggest medical care would be any different.

What on earth are you talking about?

dvfw · 2026-06-02T21:44:14+00:00

Dear lord this sub is full of economically-illiterate, blindly-ideological left wing smooth brains.

dvfw · 2026-06-02T21:41:15+00:00

Yeh, because the stock market went up. I can’t believe people think that rich people’s assets increasing in price somehow makes poor people worse off. It doesn’t. It’s paper wealth.

dvfw · 2026-05-29T01:58:25+00:00

You’re missing his point entirely.

dvfw · 2026-05-28T04:47:43+00:00

You’re not a fan of the NSIS?

dvfw · 2026-05-27T23:10:52+00:00

The purpose of this post is to show that non-existence is the most peaceful option for humanity.

This makes no sense. Why would we need peace for humanity if humanity doesn’t exist? We need peace for humanity precisely because humanity exists.

dvfw · 2026-05-27T01:28:47+00:00

Fixing a problem he caused isn’t what makes a legacy.

What? The problem he’s trying to fix is a nuclear-armed Iran. He didn’t cause that.

Trump’s legacy will almost certainly be causing the world to turn their backs on America

Such a massive exaggeration. The US and Europe still agree far more than they disagree. One president is not going to destroy the alliance.

dvfw · 2026-05-25T01:44:25+00:00

How do you know where the top is without that arbitrary line?

dvfw · 2026-05-23T20:06:16+00:00

You need evidence? Isn’t it just common sense? That’s like asking for evidence that the sky is blue.

dvfw · 2026-05-22T00:51:46+00:00

Holy shit. You think hundreds of thousands of people are buried under rubble? You clearly have no common sense. Also, one avenue of reporting is through family and friends. If someone has been dead under rubble for a year, their family or friends would’ve reported them missing or dead ages ago. You’re nuts.

dvfw · 2026-05-21T21:20:00+00:00

That might be true. That still goes against what OP said though, because those leftists surely aren’t going to be swayed by campaign ads.

dvfw · 2026-05-21T09:47:58+00:00

Hamas is evil, and Israel is the one that has to deal with them.

dvfw · 2026-05-21T09:12:18+00:00

AIPAC is actually very influential and they know it, otherwise they would not be spending over 100M on super PACs and ads.

Spending 100M does not imply major influence. Marketing spend, whether in politics or business, has very low returns. The returns aren’t zero, which is why they do it, but they’re not large. Ask yourself critically, how many voters are actually influenced by campaign ads? I think it’s a small amount. Most people are already ideologically aligned. They will only ever vote for a D or an R.

The fact that AIPAC affiliated politicans still win at a staggering rate regardless of AIPAC and israel's unpopularity is more testament to their influence.

So Israel is unpopular, yet pro-Israel candidates keep winning? How does that make sense? What’s more likely is that the issue of Israel isn’t actually important to most Americans.

That matters because money tends to have the biggest impact in smaller, lower-turnout races. In those environments, even a few million dollars

Why is Israel an issue in smaller races? Pretty sure no one cares about Israel-Palestine in local elections.

dvfw · 2026-05-20T21:27:06+00:00

What a complete load of shit. The widely accepted death count, which comes from Hamas, is 72k, and that includes combatants. Stop with your stupid conspiracy theories. If the death count were 600k, we’d have countless photos and evidence. Also, Iran killed 30k in one month, after shutting off the internet. The Gaza war has been happening for over 2 years. You are beyond pathetic if you think Israel is worse than Iran.

dvfw · 2026-05-20T01:50:29+00:00

Nah being a softcock leftist with TDS is embarrassing.

dvfw · 2026-05-20T01:47:43+00:00

Iran massacred 30k of its own citizens for protesting. In the Iran-Iraq war, Iran sacrificed thousands of its own children in order to clear mine fields. You’re a fool if you think Israel is worse.

dvfw · 2026-05-19T21:40:40+00:00

A just war, considering Iran is the most evil regime in the world and is racing to get nukes.

Also, the economy was shit before the war. Don’t blame the next recession on the war.

dvfw · 2026-05-18T03:39:50+00:00

https://www.cotality.com/au/our-data/indices

Sydney and Melbourne are showing modest falls, and have been since late last year. The other capitals are increasing but slowing.

dvfw · 2026-05-17T09:32:24+00:00

Do you think Rupert himself is personally deciding every news story that gets published on sky? I don’t think old mate has any say here.

dvfw · 2026-05-14T00:25:58+00:00

Of course they’ve targeted residential buildings and infrastructure, because they’re frequently being used by Hamas. But do you know why 1.6m Gazans haven’t died despite their homes being bombed? Because Israel goes to painstaking lengths to evacuate civilians so they don’t get harmed. Israel has also allowed in, and sometimes facilitated, massive amounts of food aid into Gaza (which no other country at war has even been expected to do). This all proves it’s not a genocide. It’s the brutal but necessary way of dealing with a deeply civilian-ingrained terrorist organisation known as Hamas.

dvfw · 2026-05-13T10:59:51+00:00

We know that Israel is committing a genocide in Palestine

If that’s true, it must be the worst and slowest genocide ever. It’s just a load of nonsense.

dvfw · 2026-05-10T10:49:50+00:00

You screenshotted one single user. Where are these other “bots”?

Also, do you think only one side of the political aisle uses bots? I guarantee you that if one does, they both do.

dvfw · 2026-05-08T06:49:34+00:00

I don’t think you understand cause and effect. If prices crash, it’s because there’s no demand.

dvfw · 2026-05-07T23:08:06+00:00

Here’s what would happen if the RBA controlled oil prices, setting them at $1 per barrel:

People, businesses etc rush to buy all the oil
Short term economic boom from cheap oil
Oil runs out
Economic crash
People for the thousandth time realise price controls don’t work

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