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Steve Smith
@stevesmith

Originalist patriot, grower of family, food & community

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Recent Notes

uncleJim21 · 6w
Let her be the guinea pig. She volunteered. Bet all the money in my pocket she stole more than any of us can fathom
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Well received comments Chuck…rest assured, Minnesotans are still very nice and that’s a badge of honor. I venture to guess the bulk of demonstrators/agitators/freedom fighters aren’t Minnesotans, particularly the most virulent. It’s unfortunate your culture has been taken advantage of but I’m not sure it would be possible in other places.

You’re correct about Texas, we wouldn’t have this. We’re also extremely nice and ready to help but our culture is to be less trusting until folks prove themselves.

https://fountain.fm/episode/yXam5sl9YbOwLwHkLMwz
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#KnowYourProducer

I gave a talk about food sovereignty the other evening…here’s a 10 point summary:

1. The modern US food system sucks
2. The plant-based agenda is rooted in eugenics and discouraging procreation.
3. The modern supermarket system is less than 100 years old, prior to this we personally knew the butcher, baked our own bread and grew our own veggies and eggs
4. We’ve outsourced our food relationship to the government
5. USDA/FDA and Congress has been co-opted by Big Ag/Big Food
6. Business operates on a profit motive (as it should)
7. Cheap, low quality inputs means higher profits
8. Convenience foods are more shelf stable and profitable.
9. Big Food/Big Ag don’t really care about you
10. The government is incentivized to have an unhealthy population

Bonus: I find it interesting to have a pharmacy in a grocery store.

Conclusion: ‘Trusted third parties’ cannot be (duh). #knowyourproducer
MartyBent · 24w
Had Chuck on in 2020. Need to get him back on the show!
uncleJim21 · 28w
Do you mean Altman? If so I suspect he isn't as naive as he puts out. He seems very cagey. Maybe when he was 20 he was more idealistic and clings to that or outwardly expresses that.
Nostr News Network · 31w
American took her daughter to urgent care, before going she saw their cash price was $150 At urgent care they took her insurance information and quoted her more, so she asked for the cash price. They ...
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Society has deluded us into fearing the loss or lack of what has become ‘health insurance’ will result in folks dying in the streets. Harken back to the hyperbolic run-up to the ACA/Ob-Care.

Truth be told Health Insurance gained a foothold as an untaxed fringe benefit during the high tax periods during and after WWII. When rates were as high as 94% in the late ‘40s then hovering around 70% in the 1950s, corporations used it as part of an incentive package that couldn’t be dinged by the IRS.

Prior to this we paid what is now the ‘out of pocket rate’ and were incentivized to make healthy choices in our day to day lives.
Now the Government-run healthcare system tells people to eat really bad cheap food and take lots of expensive meds which in-turn lines the corporate pockets of the companies that financed the very elected servants that created and approved the aforementioned ACA…see: Self-Licking-Ice-Cream-Cone.

Fortunately we have several great options today. First, DO NOT follow the USDA/FDA dietary recommendations, they were created to hide inflation and payoff corporations. Second, ditch these scam health insurances that include massages and fat shots, instead purchase a ‘catastrophic care’ policy for when the shit really hits the fan and you NEED a Doc. Alternatively, consider one of the newer entrants to the space such as @CrowdHealth (not sponsored, just read about them). Third, find a doc that’s honest and doesn’t blindly google your symptoms then write a prescription…sometimes we need to be told to stop with the twinkies. Last and I believe most important, know the person that grows your food. Grossry stores (sp. intended) can hide crap food through the layers and before you say local food is too expensive, how much are you spending on that health insurance?
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Hazey · 31w
Good post
ShiShi21m · 31w
Yeah, sounds like you destroyed your body unfortunately 😔