The Rational Independent

Initial discussion on UBI and the goal of flattening the social hierarchy. Abbreviated by a minor domestic crisis. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Twitter: @TRIDaily Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRationalIndependent

Today we have our first Deep Dive feature. This video analysis digs into the data underpinning an article that we ranted about earlier in the week. Enjoy! Reddit Rant: https://rumble.com/v27z4zd-tri-212023-reddit-rant-us-healthcare-is-bad.-better-get-government-in-there.html Article in question: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/us-still-has-the-worst-most-expensive-health-care-of-any-high-income-country/ Key claims made by the author regarding healthcare in 2020: US Spends more on Healthcare US spent 17.8% of GDP on health care AVG spent 9.6% of GDP on health care US Unfavorable Stats US shortest life expectancy at birth US highest rate of avoidable deaths US highest rate of newborn deaths US highest rate of maternal deaths US highest rate of adults with chronic conditions US highest rate of obesity US highest rate of deaths from COVID-19 US 5.4 infant deaths / 1,000 live births (compared to OECD average of 4.1) US 24 maternal deaths / 100,000 live births (2.5x higher than OECD average) US 336 US avoidable deaths per 100,000 (compared to OECD average of 225) US 30.4% adults with multiple chronic (compared to no OECD country with higher than 25%) US obesity rate 2x higher than average of its peers Author’s sources linked within the article: Link to The Commonwealth Fund: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022 Link to CDC Report: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220831.htm Link to AP abortion ruling costs lives: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-science-health-united-nations-c2de97f0e27ba424000b0f8aeed0dd39 Link to another TCF article: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2022/dec/us-maternal-health-divide-limited-services-worse-outcomes My references: # of abortions: https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/index.htm % of maternal complications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25560122/ Cross country comparisons for infant mortality: https://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Table-of-Content-Metadata-OECD-Health-Statistics-2022.pdf Live births in 2021: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/births.htm Leading causes of death 2020: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778234 Global R&D spending: https://www.statista.com/statistics/309466/global-r-and-d-expenditure-for-pharmaceuticals/ US R&D spending: https://www.statista.com/statistics/265085/research-and-development-expenditure-us-pharmaceutical-industry/ 2020 GDP: https://www.bea.gov/news/2021/gross-domestic-product-4th-quarter-and-year-2020-advance-estimate Cost of administration in US healthcare: https://www.thebalancemoney.com/causes-of-rising-healthcare-costs-4064878 US luxury car market: https://www.statista.com/statistics/262921/global-production-of-luxury-cars-by-make/ Traffic fatalities in US: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data-fatalities Traffic fatalities in OECD countries: https://data.oecd.org/transport/road-accidents.htm Obesity linked to chronic conditions: https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html Confirmed COVID deaths: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths Detailed COVID data sheet: https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid?country=IND~USA~GBR~CAN~DEU~FRA Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Twitter: @TRIDaily Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRationalIndependent

Today we have a new feature, because something unprecedented happened last night. I got my first comment on a video! Hooray! So, in honor of this first comment and hopefully more to come I discuss what was shared and try and take the discussion in a more substantive direction. Let me know what you think. For reference, the commented on video is available at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpSfKd9oDc&t=3s Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRationalIndependent

https://www.salon.com/2023/02/02/the-overturn-of-roe-cost-the-gop-so-why-are-now-doubling-down-on-abortion-bans/ Today’s Reddit Rant is a brief overview of abortion as it stands today. Also Salon is pretty seriously biased. I mean, this article doesn’t even PRETEND to be impartial. GOP is evil and hates women. I struggle to think who this sort of messaging appeals to. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRationalIndependent

Always remember, you can’t comply your way out of tyranny Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRationalIndependent

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/us-still-has-the-worst-most-expensive-health-care-of-any-high-income-country/ In today’s Reddit Rant we discuss a piece of propaganda that is similar to yesterday’s article, although the subject has changed. Today’s article is a hit piece on the American healthcare system. While I agree that US healthcare is a mess, I highlight in my analysis that there is a pattern in the news media that is worth dissecting in greater detail. I will be offering up a new segment, called a Deep Dive, over the next few days. We will dig into the statistics and the author and anything else that is interesting that may affect the credibility of such an article. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRationalIndependent

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/31/pelosis-attacker-is-proud-of-himself-the-emboldened-him/ In today’s Reddit Rant we have an exquisite example of using a few disparate data points and a large amount of biased conjecture to craft a narrative that de-legitimizes your political opponents and opens the door to political violence by your side, since “he started it”. Gross. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

In today’s livestream we discuss why it is often the most marginal “edge cases” that get amplified in the modern media ecosystem. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Starting up a new feature - Reddit Rants. I will pick one of the top topics from r/politics on reddit and give my analysis. Today’s topic is a new Brett Kavanaugh documentary premiering in Sundance. Always a good way to stir up the muck since there’s no way to conclusively prove who is right. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/21/brett-kavanaugh-documentary-sundance-film-festival Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Grab bag of topics. American political labels, parenting, gun control and a bunch of other strangeness. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Why does modern writing suck? I see it as rooted in a fundamentally false view of reality. By embracing equity (equality of outcome) and subjective truth (everyone has ‘their’ truth) modern storytelling fails to resonate with audiences because modern stories are false and flawed. When audiences and critics point out these flaws the creators perceive these criticisms as attempts to invalidate the writer’s worldview, in other words an attack on ‘truth’ as the writer sees it; and the natural response to someone attacking your truth is to see the attacker as evil. Hence, the modern phenomenon that if audiences don’t like a movie or tv show, the audience must be evil. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Further discussion of one of the root issues affecting the Crowder vs Daily Wire schism and how your mindset affects your own effectiveness in the marketplace. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Resuming content on this channel after a hiatus. My family has finished our relocation to Colorado and it's time to add my voice back into the conversation. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

A recipe for making difficult changes in your life. Be humble enough to find a framework to support you, then be disciplined enough to endure early failures while you gain competence. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Grab bag of topics. American political labels, parenting, gun control and a bunch of other strangeness. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Discussion on the nature of controlled opposition and why Crowder started a fight with those who should be his allies. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

A recipe for making difficult changes in your life. Be humble enough to find a framework to support you, then be disciplined enough to endure early failures while you gain competence. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Discussion on the nature of controlled opposition and why Crowder started a fight with those who should be his allies. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Further discussion of one of the root issues affecting the Crowder vs Daily Wire schism and how your mindset affects your own effectiveness in the marketplace. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Resuming content on this channel after a hiatus. My family has finished our relocation to Colorado and it's time to add my voice back into the conversation. Follow TRI on other platforms for livestreams and conversation. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRationalIndependent/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-324365 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLF-1gu-U-4Ak-l_fh4eCg

Personal and channel introduction. Question of the day: "What do you know about the absentee ballot rejection rates in Pennsylvania?