All posts in category Capitalism

Face Transplant

Why are we so willing to kneecap it and halt the progress of the most advanced societies on earth …?

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by anniemcphee on May 7, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Capitalism, Universal Healthcare

Posted by anniemcphee on May 7, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/05/07/face-transplant/

Of Breasts and Money

Or, you know, health care. This was a comment I made on BL’s last post and she requested that I make it a stand-alone for further discussion. I was so flattered I did it immediately. Ok, I haven’t read all of this one yet (BL, you have a terrific talent for composing amazingly rich, thorough, [...]

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by anniemcphee on April 11, 2009  •  Permalink
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Universal Healthcare

Posted by anniemcphee on April 11, 2009

http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/04/11/of-breasts-and-money/

Usage per pound doesn’t make good economic sense

So a lot of people in FA have been talking about this article: “Airlines Might Start Treating Passengers ‘Like Freight.’” I don’t get the reasoning behind charging people per pound. Say that we just accept that people think it’s okay to discriminate against teh fatties. This policy, however, discriminates not just against teh fatties, but [...]

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by bigliberty on June 9, 2008  •  Permalink
Posted in Capitalism, Criminalizing Weight, Fat Bias

Posted by bigliberty on June 9, 2008

http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/06/09/usage-per-pound-doesnt-make-good-economic-sense/

“Lock-in” the Fatty Fat Fats

I have been reading the article on Junkfood Science here: Children hungry to lose weight One of the recommendations of “Hungry for Success” is so-called “lock-ins” of high school students during lunch-time, so they can’t leave the campus (and get that fatty fat fat McDonald’s food which is obviously CAUZING TEH FATZ THINK CHILDREN OMG). [...]

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by bigliberty on January 30, 2008  •  Permalink
Posted in Capitalism, Criminalizing Weight, Fat Bias, Fat Capitalism, General Ignorance

Posted by bigliberty on January 30, 2008

http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/01/30/lock-in-the-fatty-fat-fats/

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