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 Which sort of anarchist? The chaos cheerleaders or those that brought you the Internet? 
 I could argue both. 
 True, one could argue both. But they’re insightful arguing one way, and just kinda stupid arguing the other. 
 Al Gore gave you the internet. 
 Oh, yeah, I forgot. It had nothing to do with a global network of volunteers working with rough consensus over many decades beginning in the 1960’s. 
 No, not really. It didn’t. 
 Yawn. You must be new here. 
 I’ve been here longer than you.  I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe. 
Hellthreads, penis butter & birthdays. https://image.nostr.build/d56ba1d6ebcf96a39c20e7a6153f27ebffc48d78d07d9753033993007bb15780.jpg  
 Oh, I see. You think here is nostr. It’s a big world out there. 
 Your boss is looking for you bitch. Back to the mines. 
 I don’t think you understand how medicine works. The word boss doesn’t apply. Just like the words business hours don’t apply. 
 Do you prescribe Ivermectin?  Are you allowed to do that? 
 I’m a radiologist. But I’m starting to feel like I’m being fooled by a bot with fairly few lines of code. 

But on the off chance that you were actually curious about how prescribing medicines or using medical tests works in the United States, here goes: no government entity can tell a physician how a medicine must be used. Nor how a test must be used. But there are regulations on charging for services such as medicines and tests. Any physician can prescribe any drug in the best interests of the patient, bound only by malpractice, which is a standard set by local medical practices. But government can deny you payment. 
 Pharmacies have more power than doctors when it comes to their patients.  They decide what to give or not give. 
Healthcare is a scam for the most part.  An extremely high % or doctors are captured. 
Sad days for sure. 
 No he didn’t 😂 
 There was one? 
 The internet as a concept and technology evolved over several decades, starting with the ARPANET, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense in the late 1960s. ARPANET was the first network to implement packet switching and laid the groundwork for the modern internet that led to advancements by others

	1.	Leonard Kleinrock: He developed the theory of packet switching, which became a fundamental part of how data is transmitted on the internet.
	2.	Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn: They are considered the “fathers of the internet” for developing the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which allowed different networks to communicate with each other.
	3.	Tim Berners-Lee: He invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, a system of interlinked hypertext documents that allowed easy access to information over the internet. The WWW became the most recognizable part of the internet for most users.

Al Gore is just a shithead climate change alarmist 😂