Another Big Idea: Corruption by SIGNYM

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Another Big Idea: Corruption

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UPDATED: Saturday, June 27, 2026 13:02
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Friday, June 26, 2026 7:40 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Corruption is THE government/society- killer.

Just a placeholder for further ideas.

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Saturday, June 27, 2026 8:05 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

JD Vance comments about a president considered to be one of the most corrupt of all time. But, no, it wasn't Donald Trump. It was Richard Nixon, who, unlike Vance's boss, was never actually impeached but resigned before the House could vote on his charges.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/jd-vances-bizarre-comment
s-nixon-163632349.html

The vice president suggested that if the Watergate scandal that led to the end of Nixon's presidency happened tomorrow, "It would be like a 12-hour news story." He added, "The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Saturday, June 27, 2026 10:32 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Oh, I see.

You're fighting a war against Nixon.

He's dead, man.

Let it go.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger

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Saturday, June 27, 2026 10:54 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

My idea of corruption goes beyond politicians personally enriching themselves. Maybe the term should be "parasitism": when the elite parasitize more than an economy can sustain.

But then, of course, I'd have to define "economy". MOST people, even supposed knowledgeable alt media commentators, routinely conflate financialism with the economy. Au contraire. Financialism is mostly just another form of parasitism.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger

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Saturday, June 27, 2026 12:38 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
My idea of corruption goes beyond politicians personally enriching themselves. Maybe the term should be "parasitism": when the elite parasitize more than an economy can sustain.

But then, of course, I'd have to define "economy". MOST people, even supposed knowledgeable alt media commentators, routinely conflate financialism with the economy. Au contraire. Financialism is mostly just another form of parasitism.

I don't know where he got the term, but I always liked when Jimmy Dore called it "Predatory Capitalism". His all time biggest gripe is that for nearly all of us, it doesn't even matter what we make in life because the Healtcare Industry is going to take it all away from you when you die and leave you nothing to give your children.

We are way beyond post-capitalism. They dangle the carrot out in front of you by using the very few examples that ever get anything truly amazing done, but the chances that any of us are going to be successful business owners are so slim-to-none that it may as well be promises of being an astronaut or the President one day.

The vast, vast, vast majority of us are nothing but wage slaves at the end of the day. Quite a few of us voluntarily chose that too, making far more money than they'd need to at least be able to retire 20 or more years early, but they can't help themselves and have to buy all the new shit to keep up with the cool kids.

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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.

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Saturday, June 27, 2026 1:02 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:

I don't know where he got the term, but I always liked when Jimmy Dore called it "Predatory Capitalism". His all time biggest gripe is that for nearly all of us, it doesn't even matter what we make in life because the Healtcare Industry is going to take it all away from you when you die and leave you nothing to give your children.

We are way beyond post-capitalism.

Are you aware that this is a problem only in the US?

August 2009
Only in America: Bankruptcy Due to Health Care Costs
James E. Dalen, MD, MPH
https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-93430900525-7/fulltext

The article by Himmelstein et al in this issue of The American Journal of Medicine documents that health care expenses were the most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States in 2007, accounting for 62% of US bankruptcies compared with 8% in 1981.2

Most bankruptcies occurred in middle-class citizens with health insurance, further evidence that our current health care system, based on for-profit, employment-based health insurance, is not working. Millions of Americans have limited access to health care because they cannot afford health insurance. Millions of others, such as those who have to file for bankruptcy because of health care costs, have inadequate health insurance. It is estimated that 1 in 5 Americans goes without health insurance or has inadequate health insurance.3

Why is the United States, one of the richest countries in the world, the only major industrial nation that is unable to provide access to health care to all its citizens? Are there any other nations whose citizens have to declare bankruptcy because of health care expenses?

Other industrial nations ensure access to health care to all their citizens, at a much lower cost than the United States, and with better health outcomes, by 1 of 2 basic plans.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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