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They taught me this shit as a kid when my dad got laid off. "This quarter" thinking can have very long-term consequences.

Good talk

You're deliberately avoiding the core premise that people thinking it's democratic means it's democratic.

That's a gish gallop, and the core premise that people believing it's democratic makes it so is incorrect.

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Most Americans think that too

Dollars aren't real

There are actually very high barriers to entry in the insurance and health care markets (which in the USA are tightly intertwined).

The health insurance industry doesn't want there to be fair alternatives because then everyone would buy that instead. This is an oligarchy, not a democracy.

CEO because he likely gets paid mostly in shares, and it's really shareholders (not employees) who have the most choice in the matter.

If the future is so real, then why is it the present every time I check?

Not actually democratic, thus not socialist.

But sometimes you meet people who you never see again. That brain space could be used for Vim keybindings.

Actually you're not supposed to capitalize every time you mention drag.