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Two generations are about to learn why America has such a large Navy

I didn't say people don't get sick or don't have medical debt

I have better healthcare than people in the countries I have visited.

This sentence is not accurate for all Americans.

"In a truly democratic system, the US would have a decent and cheaper healthcare system"

I was responding to the OP.

I've been a fool

If vertical farming was more efficient then it would be cheaper.

Heres to hoping it is cheaper. Cheaper food is always a good thing.

I'd doubt it is cheaper where I live. Land, labor, electricity and water are all expensive, and we have high taxes for the services provided to us. Where I live is extremely economically productive. I'd doubt growing a few pounds of fruits could compete with producing high value services.

Other places are so efficient at growing fruit, free sunlight, free rainfall, land is plentiful and cheap, labor is cheap, and shipping is so efficient that it's better to just ship to us.

Infinity is not a number.

Tell me how taking a fleet of truck, a shipping container, then another fleet of trucks is more efficient than a farmer’s market or a vertical farm right next to the market resources wise?

That's the cool thing, we live in a system where if vertical farming is more efficient, then it wins. We want a system like that.

I have been very poor. Idk why you guys keep harping on being poor. Most Americans are not poor.

“Sure it sucks if you’re poor” is the kinder sibling of saying “Got mine, fuck you!”

Yes it does suck. I didn't say it was perfect, or that I was a fan.

But our healthcare system works very well for most people. Acting like it doesn't work for some people is just ridiculous.

American healthcare system is very good and affordable for a large majority of Americans. Sure it sucks if you're poor, but most Americans are not poor.

Taxes are not that hard to do. The vast majority of people get a single income statement from an employer and use the standard deduction. Could it be better? Sure but it's not bad for most people.

"they align people’s incentives in ways that communicate where resources can be be used most efficiently, and give people reasons to come up with new ways of using existing resources."

It's farenheit, Its winter/cold in America right now

Very interesting read, i did not know this. Thanks for sharing.

Not really. Markets are great at rewarding clever improvements. Other systems are not great at that.

"Tell me how shipping fruits from China to North America is more efficient than growing food locally and buying locally."

I like how this sentence shows you fundamentally don't understand how efficient shipping is. I'm not sure where you live, but where I live is some of the most economically productive land in the entire world. Wasting it to build a few pounds of a single fruit which can be grown somewhere else would be wildly inefficient.

"Look at the current system where we use precious resources to build dumb IoT devices"

Ah yes, a seller providing something people want. Classic case of inefficiency /eyeroll

You have any links about this? I'd like to read more

Yep, excellent idea.

Housing for them is the real issue here.

Like most the problems in America, it's all about housing.