Surma Greene

Freedom!

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

Starting a thread collating US election malpractice, theft and suppression. When in a few years they come to supervise and lecture Nigeria on elections, we’ll be ready.

[Hunter Ash @ArtemisConsort]

There is a whole genre of thinkpiece that is entirely based on ignoring genetics. Nordics do better in the US than in their home countries. This instantly obliterates the idea that it’s the “Nordic system” that’s so good, yet gallons of ink will continue to be spilled about it.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@steadfastARTco @solrenette No. You got caught saying something Christianity didn’t teach by conveniently leaving out important parts of the Bible story.

Also, unlike the Popes in question, Jesus didn’t invite Judas to kiss him.

Anyway, Suicidal empathy is not Christian.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@steadfastARTco @solrenette No. Jesus called him out for betraying him with a kiss.

I don’t understand this impulse to rewrite the Bible.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

Not one word about the decisions they made and the role they played in getting on the boats.

This kind of Christianity of Irresponsibly must be rejected in totality.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Those who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea are victims both of decisions that were made and of decisions that were not made. Indifference to the common good and corruption in their countries of origin; a global economic system that generates poverty and exclusion; fear that fuels prejudice and contempt; the belief that such problems do not concern us; the criminal calculations of those who profit from the suffering of others; the slow and difficult transition from mere emergency management to the development of comprehensive and shared policies. #PastoralVisit #Lampedusa

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@Pontifex Not one word about the decisions they made and the role they played in getting on the boats.

This kind of Christianity of Irresponsibly must be rejected in totality.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@Masterfrogg @jumangeez @CoughsOnWombats You’re talking ratings on subjective metrics? It’s like using marriage statistics to gauge the quality of your own marriage.

Good for plebs and the weak. But anyone in control of their life will know their life outcome is primarily hinged on their choices, not on stats.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@jumangeez @CoughsOnWombats Virtually none of these is better elsewhere than in America, especially those of them that depend strongly on individual choices - like longevity, happiness, quality of life and upward mobility.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@AmyDesigns @anishmoonka Interesting how you went straight to 16yo’s voting, skipping 16yo’s demonstrating similar (or any) level of competence or mastery.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@algernon_sidney @captgouda24 No.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

Happy July the Fourth, America!
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[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@captgouda24 More theories and hypotheticals when we already have real world data. Why?

The paper you shared is from 2015. Individual Mandate (IM) is gone since 2017. So, how’s the paper’s analyses holding up now that we have 9 years post IM?

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@captgouda24 Then a fair price is not being offered - which ties to the adverse selection thing you were talking about. But life insurance cos figured out a way and it making it work.

In any case, to the extent that’s a problem, the solution is not to force everyone else to pay for it.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@captgouda24 On 1. we fundamentally disagree on whose job it is to get me insured: me or the govt. If insurance is good for “me”, I should be free to make that call, not be forced into one by govt.

On 2. All that “would” again ignores life before 2012. Why hypothesize when we have facts?

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@captgouda24 Let’s start from here 👇 Nice-sounding buzz (from Game Theory) to look impressive but conveniently ignores the historical fact that health insurance companies were profitable long before Obamacare. Somehow they managed made it work, “adverse selection” notwithstanding.

[Nicholas Decker @captgouda24]

The basic problem that insurance companies face is adverse selection. If people possess private information about their health, then they will opt for insurance contracts which will cost the insurance company more than they're paying.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@RokoMijic I saw lots of academic buzzwords in that thread but not a comment on how the US managed to have profitable health insurance companies long before Obamacare was introduced.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@AndrewTWalker Pretty sure you’re not an expert in category errors too.

So there’s that.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@WilliamWolfe “Only one thing is needful…”, the Holy Book says.

[Surma Greene @SurmaGreene]

@FoxyNewsFan @ChiefEgregore Aren’t you tired of this “the next Dem could reverse…” as if that’s some fait accompli?

Even if that happens, it’s at least by the will of the people. Much better than judicial supremacy - the will of the 9 (or 5).

[Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland]

Yes, I am extremely disappointed in birthright decision, but let's put this in perspective: For some 50 years, SCOTUS said there was constitutional right to kill human beings in utero. And by merely enforcing our borders & deporting all illegals, the harm is greatly diminished.