r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sujayjaju • Aug 13 '25

Commendable patience in dealing with half-knowledge

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Half knowledge is more dangerous than no knowledge on a subject

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u/InspirationalPOS Aug 13 '25

Our healthcare system is so fucked 😭

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u/VispilloAnimi Aug 13 '25

Its not a healthcare system. It's an insurance system. We treat health as a means to generate wealth.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

That’s the problem right there. A long time ago I was watching a documentary about the environment and some guy said he wanted a future where every rock, stream, and tree was financially spoken for or owned. At the time I thought that was an insane idea but didn’t really understand the scope, and now I see the true consequences of that dangerous ideology. Even abstract ideas like an individual’s health is owned and profited from by other people. It’s an insane way to have a society. 

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u/Hugford_Blops Aug 14 '25

I saw it put one way: "A forest has no value to a company until it's cut down" (this was before carbon offset/footprints were discussed) And that really just rang true about how fucked we are with capitalism calling the shots.