It's illegal. Seriously. They cannot use it for billing, identification, NOTHING. Medical insurance does NOT need SSN, you're not applying for a loan. Labs or anyone that bills insurance only need to identify your patient record- guess what, they assign you a patient record, it doesn't require ssn- and the billing codes. Anyplace your SSN is in the medical system is useless and a risk to you. We haven't had any SSN anywhere in medical, dental, insurance, no place at all, for over 20 years.
Pres. Milei has significant respect and friendship with Elon Musk (dog people!), and big hopes for the chainsaw approach. Translator says 'cut to the chase' but he said cut to the bone (hueso). He admires Trump for his savvy, courage, understanding of the culture war, hatred of the woke mind virus. He relates to the insanely virulent lying campaigns against Trump, as they did similar to Milei. He loved being here in the states among maga, treated like a star, selfies with Stallone, it was a wonderful break from the attacks Milei gets in his country. Journalists harassed his father to a heart attack. Drone spies on his property, etc. He identifies with warrior Trump, the Viking.
He says Argentina's most important allies are the USA and Israel (he's Jewish but not openly Zionist and he's completely against the Central Bank; we can pray he becomes a Messianic Jew).
Skipping soccer talk, but I'll always take classier Messi over Maradona. Milei played goalie and is asked to relate that to being president. Favorite rock band Rolling Stones, most important rock star Elvis Presley. Interviewer will try to hook up Milei, who used to be in a band, with Stones.
Capitalism is the only ethical way to distribute resources. It respects property rights, it must, in order to set prices. Any interference by government has always been proven to worsen the situation. Always. There are only two kinds of markets, capitalism and socialism and the latter can never work for the people.
A very thoughtful approach to fixes, no price setting not abrupt cuts to anything immediately, except government size. Down to 8 departments and a fraction of the bureaucrats, but phased welfare and tax cuts, a tariff structure that fits their capacity and is ready to ramp at the same pace as internal production grows.
He leads in the direction of a unity party without naming it, just as Trump, pointing out the near universal happiness of the populace with his administration. Also demonstrates how the statistics were severely distorted to hide the true depth of their economic problems. (Humourous note on the level of Italian influence in their language- shopping carts are called 'gondolas') He connects liberty, lifting of suppressive regulations -and cleanup of corruption- with economic reforms and return to industry. Example: a city that has more disability pensions than residents, the corruption of woke censor-loving but idea-deficient MSM. Libertarians and free-speech-supporters love X.
Explains how the socialists, Marxists switched from class war (they're rich) to other divisions, constructed- race, gender. Chile had a very successful economy but lost its culture and fell to socialism, which eventually ruins the economy as well.
Asked about concern for his life, since he's challenging powerful interests. He answer sounds like RFK Jr's- what is life for, out what is it worth, if you're not fighting for betterment... Being true to oneself is inseparable from moving forward always.
Fridman should refer to him as President Milei, not "Javier." The translation uses the informal "tu" instead of the more respectful "Usted." EDIT: Pres Milei does use Ud as he responds to Fridman. Classy.
I am listening in Spanish with English captions and taking notes below.
Influential writers & works: article by Murray Newton Rothbard, "Monopoly and Competition." Book by Ludwig von Mises, "Human Action." The Austrian school of economic thought, including Friedrich Hayek, Hans-Herman Hoppe, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Juan Ramón Rallo, Philipp Bagus, Walter Block. Alberto Benegas Lynch. Carl Menger, "Principles of Economics." Milton Friedman.
Milei spent all his money on books, sought truth above what he'd been programmed with. At heart, anarcho-capitalist, in real life can only be a minianarcho-capitalist, adapting to the available conditions. He speaks of "we" when talking about his work in office. Is an encyclopedia.
They SHOULD NOT have your SSN! Spouse's number got stolen from a doc office years ago, we're stuck with extra security measures constantly, especially at tax season. Clear out your files with every medical provider, ASAP!
Edit- it's absolutely illegal for anyone to use a SSN as an identifying number. They cannot argue, you can tell them you'll call the state board if you must.
Monitoring the internet traffic and actual work being done remotely is not hard at all, even ai can be trained to record and summarize. Employee#xxx- 64.7% of working hours on pron and Reddit, 13.8% of time working, 21.5% idle (no mouse movement nor typing).
Yes- once real info is out there, all he has to say is, "make your own informed decisions." No ads allowed, all data available transparently and on demand.
Does it work? No evidence. Does it cause harm? Evidence. You decide.
Not sure what works help you better than knowing you're not alone- Saint Augustine, a major theologian and seriously saintly man, started out very dissolute... He wrote a book called Confessions because he did not take a straight path to becoming a Bishop. Flip side, modern era, check out Russell Brand and even RFK Jr, who both are recovering from heavy addictions. Apparently no matter where they are, they attend a Meeting, and RFK goes to Mass.
RFK Jr has a long interview with Shawn Ryan and there's a big part about getting into and out of addictions, and you know it doesn't matter what kind, the falling-back weakness or selfishness is similar, separating us from God, and the solution is still Him, who lives us better than we do ourselves.
There are groups that might help, prayer of course, but short term, try replacing your temptation situations with another activity, something that produces a solid outcome, like cooking or woodwork, or gym or running (adds an outside factor of not being alone).
Lastly, consider doing a parasite cleanse, fenbendazole and/or ivermectin. Parasites and demons want us in the darkness and unhealthy. Weak immune systems lead to weakened everything, include willpower. Good luck bro, prayers your way.
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