I mean, its capitalism hand in hand with the industrial revolution. Not one or the other.
Would love to hear about the economics when you get a chance. Im basically on the ākeep improving things and move on this when the price gets low enoughā train at the moment.
Also socialism though right? Like public schools and Universities and maybe even central government controlled banking and currency and health care and social security and all the business and environmental regulations that brought developed economies out of the Dickensian dystopia (somewhat) on and on (and the introduction of those things corresponds a lot more closely in time with the increases in general prosperity), but itās just complicated. The āThanks Capitalismā is just another flavor of thoughtless flag waving and a lot of Communists do the same thing as well.
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Agree, itās a mistake to blame capitalism for all of societyās ills and a mistake to give it credit for all the successes.
Capitalism has a few great tricks like revealing an equilibrium price for millions of things dynamically, enabling efficient flow of resources, and using greed as a motivator for productivity, (I think you canāt have prosperity without those things), but itās also a tool for exploitation and often counterproductive in terms of equity and social justice. It also can be short sighted and not efficient when the positive impacts of things are temporally distant or indirect. Socialism and social welfare are often the opposite.
Society needs all the things, prosperity, justice, equity. On equity I think thereās room for a debate to what degree but weāre way too far between rich and poor in todayās society.
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Doctor is now sending a preauth. From the research Iāve done I think this is going to be a slog. Iām not going to pay out of pocket.
World Cup of Darts is live. Free stream available on PlutoTV. USA (-150) against Portugal today at 3:15 EST. Not a gimme b/c Portugal has world #30 Jose de Sousa. Both USA players are current PDC Tour card holders and top 150 order of merit.
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Big deal. We have languages coming into our country. We donāt have one instructor in our entire nation that can speak that language. Languages nobody has heard of.
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Drinking in public? Must have been Quebec.
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In 2024 a guy with a Fuck Trudea flag on his F150 plows into the crowd to try to reduce housing costs.
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Struggling to find a French speaker tho?
Dunno if this is where it was, but apparently recently they made some areas in BC where you can drink outside in public.
https://x.com/mseebach/status/1806059294342709269?s=46&t=cTXi8wGqnKlP6laDHFJUhA
https://x.com/therevdrleslie/status/1806513508793590208?s=46&t=cTXi8wGqnKlP6laDHFJUhA
Just like my dad! Weāve come full circle.
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Not to worry,
once you have kids healthy eating habits and sleep will totally be on point!
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Insurance (Anthem Platinum PPO) straight-up denied authorization. Iād need to either have a BMI over 40, or over 35 with co-morbidities, and Iām at 32/33 with co-morbidities. So Iām not fat enough.
With the Zepbound discount card, it would be $550 for a month paying out of pocket. Despite my statement above Iām thinking about it. My intention was never to use it long-term, and if it improves the quality of my life by helping with the apnea that is not a prohibitive amount in the grand scheme of things.
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They are fucking you. Check out reddit Reddit r/semaglutidefreespeech for additional options. Or try the coupon and see if the insurance landscaper improves, maybe dive into more details about your carrier from online forums/complaints to see what works.
Itās a miracle drug imo. Just give a try for a month. Within a day youāll realize how ectomorphs live.
Iāve gone from 251 to 235 in 9 weeks, still lifting the same amount at the gym. And my blood pressure has dropped. That visceral fat (under the muscle, around organs, etc.) is a killer.
Iām just draining my HSA right now, which isnāt money I ever thought about anyway. When that runs out after a year Iāll probably go off it.
Iāve been finding it hard to refill my prescription for Ozempic in Aus. Then went to the GP who told me that theyāve cracked down on compounding pharmacies and stopped docs from prescribing it for anything but diabetes.
So I may have to switch to Saxenda, which is supposedly okay, but the once per day injection is gonna be a pain.
Also. Much more expensive.
Why only diabetes? Is there a different brand youāre supposed to use for obesity?
Iām not sure exactly.
Seems some combination of the drug companies, the regulators and the government going slow on these.
In the US I believe only Mounjaro and Zepbound are approved as weight loss medications. People take Ozempic and the others for that purpose, but itās off-label.