"I personally know more skydivers injured by parachutes than whatever they are supposed to prevent"

I said killed

Stickfigure changed his comment from “drivers”/“airbags” to “skydivers”/“parachutes”

What I would say to “parachutes” is that evidently so many people do not go skydiving - why?

If doctors were peddling skydiving as a cure to anything, I would be just as skeptical as when they suggest radiating yourself to death.

> millions are radiated to death through capitalist medical systems that drive sales and prioritize profit over cures

This would be a reasonable belief if the USA was the only developed country to use chemo and none of the more Socialist European countries did. In fact, I'd be very wary of any such treatment.

But the reality is that all countries use it as a last resort. So the idea that doctors are recommending it for profit is obviously wrong: a Scottish doctor makes zero more money whatever treatment they recommend, so your theory is obviously wrong.

Having nationalized medicine does not mean drug sales don’t occur, it just means the doctor is not the dealer, and often doesn’t run a private practice.

The facilities still purchase drugs and equipment from private manufacturers.

In your example of a socialist country where the doctor is not incentivized to sell Drug A - someone above him still is.

After all, big pharma sells their drugs to government sponsored health systems and hospitals too.

You are running with the idea of socialized medicine to mean that the country actually produces all its own manufacturing, research, etc. and that no capitalism occurs when that’s nowhere near the reality.

There is no such thing as a health system that focuses on preventative care and actually caring for people. The ones that do exist, people like you call “alternative” or wacky while chomping amphetamine pills and going bald from radiation poisoning.

But the doctor doesn't have any incentive to push whatever the purchasers recommend.

The Scottish NHS really does care about treating people. I know several people who work there.

Your "people like me" spiel is a little lame because you are rather obviously ignorant of the world. Why don't you expand your knowledge rather than continuing here?

You guys aren’t very good at beating trolls tbh

I don't write my comments just for the people I'm replying to. It's more for people who might believe what they wrote.

I don't really care if the original post is trolling. Frankly it's rather sad that people feel the need to get attention online by pretending to be stupid. I wish they had better lives.

ya stickfigure is an idiot

You are making his point.

You are arguing whether or not you need a parachute when he is saying don’t have to go skydiving at all.

If a doctor prescribed skydiving as a cure to anything, it would be just as erroneous.