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Benewing | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just don't age or get sick and need a hospital or nurses trained in
public schools or public universities funded by public grants or who hold government bonds to exist in states policed by public police defended by public armies with public laws upheld by public judiciaries funded by public taxes raised by public administrators educated in public institutions....
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AbstractEquilibrium | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Funding & education get two mentions.  How is the funding done?  What if the education is detrimental to quality?
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Benewing | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Guess they are extra important. I guess by taxes. The last is no doubt an issue. I suppose we have some private education to keep them halfway quality
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Benewing | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I mean, the public schools have some private competition so that if it gets bad enough students leave and the public schools are forced to reform
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AbstractEquilibrium | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They don't behave as if they're forced to reform when faced with competition.  Rather, they convince, compel or coerce folks to remain bound to their services (even intellectually it seems)

As far as where all the money comes from to do those AND prevent competitors, well, it's taxes but also, they alone have a monopoly on printing money, enforced with threats of imprisonment & lots of munitions. so... 🤷‍♂️

Better to ignore all of it.  Don't eat government sponsored food or act based on government funded facts.
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Benewing | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This works to a point. Gets more and more difficult as it drifts from common sense. People don't like being coerced, and they will walk from outright force if they can.

So 🤷‍♂️

And don't call a government funded ambulance.