A policy-based approach to politics is not at all unprovable. As I've demonstrated above in comparing health outcomes in countries with greater government run healthcare than the USA. It's important … (View Post)

Again, I think this is indicative of a personality-based approach to politics that is mistaken. As opposed to a policy-based approach. Continuing to to emphasize things that don't truly matter, and t… (View Post)

I'm highly sympathetic to your arguments. Obviously in a perfect universe, we'd love for meritocracy to win out. Obviously we also don't live in that universe. And I'm sympathetic to the argument tha… (View Post)

This data is a bit old (2015) so forgive that, but it's all taken from the World Bank, I don't have the energy to dig through the data now. The health spending figure is all health care spending, pub… (View Post)

Well said. I think it's important to note that the criteria here for what is "natural" or not is essentially un-falsifiable. It seems pretty ad hoc to me. Not to mention the naturalistic fa… (View Post)