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Hard to make that argument, both cows and humans are 100% sentient. You're looking for sapience, which is humanlike intelligence such as wisdom.

However, it's hard to even say definitively that cows are not sapient. There's so much evidence of animal intelligence on a sliding scale with humans at one end of the scale, and you're talking as if humans were somehow independent of the scale.
If you're interested in this topic, I highly recommend the book Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?
It's an incredibly deep investigation into the nature of animal intelligence and the controversy surrounding the science of it. It changed the way I see animals.

Just to add to the other replies, here is part of a talk that explains part of the relationship between MMT and FJG.
https://youtu.be/7sd-ElKMbPI?t=508

Economics Professor L. Randall, one could say "wrote the book"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1137539909/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 on MMT.

To get an idea on how most people in the field view MMT, although the phrasing of the question may indicate a bias more hostile towards MMT, this answer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbG6rLgw7_Y by the current Fed Chair is a good summary.

MMT and FJG are not necessarily tied to each other, it's just that the framework that many MMT advocates currently hold uses FJG.

i.e.
There is not a, MMT derived, theoretical reason why a country's MMT based economic policy would not work with or without the FJG. The same would hold true for a FD or UBI.


Note:
To really understand MMT, its context and implications one really needs to dig deep into traditional economics, quantitative social science, and heterodox economics. MMT is, in a tiny way, like quantum physics in the sense that if anyone tells you they really understand modern monetary policy and how MMT fits into it, they don't. Hence why you'll get many replies to the question "What is MMT?" that are seemingly unconfident.

The Institute for New Economic Thinking's youtube channel is a good resource that is presented in a manner that most people can understand.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp5hG8rt1z2MJ9aNVxY2Xdg

There are many books I could recommend, but Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio is available for free, link: https://www.bridgewater.com/big-debt-crises/Principles-For-Navigating-Big-Debt-Crises-By-Ray-Dalio.pdf and while it would be a roundabout way to understanding econ policy the first 15 pages or so should give one enough context to better understand what people are talking about in regards to policy recommendations and MMT.

You are right ubi is not a panacea, it is a floor to build upon with other policies.

This is why yang has 130+ on his website that DO actually attack inequalities and inefficiencies in our system one by one. Yang focuses on the FD because it is the easiest thing to do in a single term as president -- It doesn't require a supermajority in the house and has bipartisan appeal, making it incredibly easy to implement quickly.


And ubi does help in certain things like unionizing which DO help with inequalities, collective bargaining is one of the greatest tools available to the precariat and is something that is much easier to accomplish when you don't have to ever worry about starving to death.

You can read the book Raising The Floor by Andy Stern to learn more about it, he is the former president of one of the largest unions in the entire country the SEIU.

Please take a look at the book Doctor Yourself with research-based solutions, it has the numbers on health that you're looking for. My wife and I have great blood results from it and I think it may significantly affect your health policies.

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For example, the health benefits of something as simple as vitamin C (with sources): http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitaminc.html

I hope you find that relevant enough, but the ex-trader now writer Chris Arnade (@Chris_arnade) just released a book that speaks exactly to this issue.

Here are two comment thread about that book that I liked a lot :

https://twitter.com/_CLancellotti/status/1145697046629900288

https://twitter.com/SeanTrende/status/1145691261837500416

Great book. link

This book aligns pretty closely with Yang's approach to bettering our country (Its a good read/listen). Tucker's exchange with the author shows his true colors when the rubber meets the road. Misdirected outrage and anti-intellectualism is not a true salve for what ails the average American worker. Here is Tucker getting frustrated.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/what-is-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/our-biggest-economic-social-political-issue-two-economies-ray-dalio

https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm

Sometimes technology and trade is intertwined. For a subset of the story a book I liked is “The Box”. Container shipping (new tech) was fought against by unionized dock workers. They later compromised by the shipping companies setting aside some cost savings for a pension.
Container shipping lowered the cost of shipping such that massive global trade became possible.

https://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy/dp/0691136408

If US can be automated. So can China. So really it’s all intertwined.

Two more questions. When we switched from a agrarian society to industrial society. Was it peaceful? Why do we have Labor Day?

Last question, why is Trump in office?

>because single payer is ultimately the only way to preserve healthcare costs.

Doesn't he have plans to reduce healthcare costs?

Anyway, my stance is healthcare costs are being driven up by two things.

The non-evidence based nutritional guidelines that we have, and it seems the more we follow those guidelines the worse people do in regard to obesity, metabolic disease, and diabetes. Some of these guidelines actually have roots in religion rather than science. And even though we may not consciously follow the guidelines, food manufacturers will want to stay within the guidelines to reach the most customers. So you end up following the guidelines whether you want to or not... As pointed out by Nina Teicholz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEHiQKqfZM

The other problem is that the FDA is way more strict then the European counter parts which drives up research costs and the amount of time in which drugs are approved which ends up reflected in the costs of the drugs in the US. And the FDA is way too powerful and in many respects corrupt (they have punished pharmaceuticals in the past who have pointed out practices of bribery, by delaying processing of their drug approval). And not to mention going by the numbers the FDA has incidentally killed lots of terminal ill patients who had a hard time getting access to experimental drugs that would save or extend their lives, since pharma doesn't want to risk delaying approval by the FDA by trying to help them. As Mary Ruwart points out in her book:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963233610/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Here it is on Amazon for those interested

> Fortune cookies are an American invention that try to perpetuate the foreign, mysterious, unscrutable asian stereotype.

Really? I think intention is very important here. I don't think there is an ill intent here.

 

If people are interested in the history of fortunte cookie, this funny book by Jennifer 8. Lee The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food should fascinate you. (Yes, that's her official middle name with a numeral 8. Talking about badass) Or just simply goole "Is fortune cookie racist" to read the opinions of all other more learned people.

You should read the book Macroeconomics, by Gregory Mankiw

Not true. There are many many well-known examples of us interfering in foreign elections. Read Michael J Sullivan’s American Adventurism Abroad for some examples.

Yang was intentionally not naming specific examples because they will then become a focus for his opponents. Yang is a legitimate genius, is well-educated, and pays attention to the news, so there is no way he didn’t know an example.

https://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-Cooking-Made-Human/dp/0465020410/

> Automation relies on lack of human input outside set up

So there's no auto in any automobile? You're saying there's no automation right now?

> a beast of burden to plow fields was not automation [...] Ai/Algorithmic learning isn't the same as a mechanized arm

Prove animals don't learn.

> we now have a tool in AI that can replaced an infinite number of processes.

That makes your labor more efficient. Thus, you are now more employable.

They generally are the ones who have the potential to make the most sense: they’ve experienced the taxpayer-funded bullshit that actually goes on behind the opaque curtain of “support our troops!! More money for the troops! And if you dare ask where that money ultimately ends up, you hate the troops and America and Jesus!!!”

Anyone want an eye-opening read on the insanity of our adventures abroad, I highly recommend “We Meant Well,” by Peter Van Buren https://www.amazon.com/We-Meant-Well-American-Project/dp/0805096817 ; think a nonfiction Catch-22 in 2011 Iraq

https://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
This is the famous speech he gave the day before where he seemingly prophetically predicts his assassination.
I think Yang means it in general, and certainly the idea of a guaranteed minimum income was not in this speech ( at least directly), it was a speech about workers' (equal) rights.


I have not been able to find what he was doing the day of his assassination, but I found this book
https://www.amazon.com/Redemption-Martin-Luther-King-Hours/dp/0807083380/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
whose description states
" He was calling for massive civil disobedience in the nation’s capital to pressure lawmakers to enact sweeping anti-poverty legislation. But King didn’t live long enough to lead the protest. He was fatally shot at 6:01 p.m. on April 4 in Memphis. "


So in effect/in general Yang is right on this right on this. After reading the speech and doing this research, I've decided to buy this and King's book to learn more about his life and final days and also understand his fight a little better too.

Okay, this has become quite long. TL;DR At the bottom.

First off:

>It started soon after T_D became big.

You know what, that's probably one of the reasons the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" caught on - legitimate corruption within the Democratic Party was continually treated as nonsense by the majority of liberals since the ones who were talking most about it happened to be Trump + his supporters; based on this fact, WikiLeaks/etc. had to be just some crazy conspiracy theory that's not worth looking into, right? (Wrong!)

And I hear you - I was fooled as well for a good while, and viewed these people as conspiracy theory whackos until I looked into it myself. I honestly half-wish I could go back to being politically naive again, since the 2016 election/Wikileaks debacle has made me quite cynical when it comes to politics... it forced me to reckon with the fact that the Democratic Party is cut from the same cloth as the Republican Party in far too many ways, and that we have no moral high horse to ride on :-/

As for Wikileaks - I haven't looked for a while, but the DNC acknowledged that their internal DNC correspondences which were leaked are legit. And what they've got is freaking nuts - not only was Bernie fucked over, but Donald Trump was propped up via the DNC/MSM in the Republican primary to run against Hillary, since he was the only one her they thought she could beat due to her unfavorability numbers.

This is the primary reason Trump's face was blasted on the liberal media basically 24/7; they actively wanted him to clinch the nomination so Hillary would face someone she could defeat in the general. (Look up the "Pied Piper" strategy)

Also, Donna Brazille (former DNC chair + Hillary Clinton advisor) publicly corroborated the WikiLeaks findings (after Trump won), and threw Hillary/the DNC under the bus by writing a tell-all expose airing all of their dirty laundry (link below). She's also been quite vocal about the corruption on various news outlets such as PBS/The View/etc. - you can find these videos easily on Youtube.

Donna Brazille's book on Amazon

(For the record, I have NOT read this book personally - just excerpts + synopses.)

And get this - Donna now works for FOX, since the DNC obviously wants nothing to do with her anymore!

In any case - just look up key words like Julian Assange/Wikileaks/etc and you should be able to find what you're looking for; WikiLeaks had a home page back when it was released, but things might have changed since then. I would personally probably use a VPN by the way, but maybe I'm just paranoid due to the Snowden leaks/etc. :-/

Finally, I'm assuming that any Wikileaks material is more likely to come up on DuckDuckGo than Google at this point.

Happy hunting, and try your best not to become too cynical upon discovering for yourself just how corrupt those fuckers were (and seemingly still are).

TL;DR: Wikileaks is completely legit, but don't take my word for it; do some sleuthing of your own, and don't listen to or believe anyone (including myself!) without verifying things with your own eyes.

EDIT: I am officially no longer drunk, and have finished my comment. It has become quite long. Hopefully this suffices, but DM me if you're still having trouble finding it.