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Uber for nurses

mardi 25 janvier 2022 à 00:19

The brilliant new idea for our plutocratist medical system is an Uber for nurses.

Imagine getting treated by a nurse that has no sick pay and therefore desperately needs to work even when sick. In principle, it is not much different from eating a sandwich made by a cook that has no sick pay and therefore desperately needs to work even when sick. Both are plutocracy at work and we should not allow them to occur. But we need to make it safe to go to a clinic.

At least the nurse will wear a mask.

Make electric cars catch on fast

mardi 25 janvier 2022 à 00:19

Norway demonstrated the way to make electric cars catch on fast: with lots of financial incentives.

Watch out for the efforts to eliminate one financial incentive to reduce fossil fuel consumption — by replacing the fuel tax with "road pricing".

Retaliating to nuclear attack

mardi 25 janvier 2022 à 00:19

Daniel Ellsberg argues that it would make no strategic sense to retaliate for a large nuclear attack.

Overestimation of income

mardi 25 janvier 2022 à 00:19

Rich people overestimate the income of most Americans, and underestimate what they need to pay for housing.

Intimidating journalists

mardi 25 janvier 2022 à 00:19

*Oligarchs from authoritarian countries use London law firms to intimidate journalists, MPs say.*

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