EPTOn April 09 2026 06:08 FlaShFTW wrote:
You're the one who made the broad claim. I'm simply telling you that there's a lot of medicine and healthcare that exists to literally save people's lives, especially in the ER.
Idk man, feels like we're putting down healthcare workers to raise up.... pro gamers of all people?
You're the one who made the broad claim. I'm simply telling you that there's a lot of medicine and healthcare that exists to literally save people's lives, especially in the ER.
Idk man, feels like we're putting down healthcare workers to raise up.... pro gamers of all people?
You're from the US. Surely you comprehend some of the issues implicit in our healthcare system?
One thing I really like about Broodwar rank is it's strictly a meritocratic hierarchy. Not so in medicine. Doctors need to take a test to graduate medical school, but people who aren't willing to spend 4 years in medical school and go hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt aren't allowed to take the same test, even just to see how much they know.
I've had great doctors save my life, and I've had doctors who are just overpaid flowcharts fail to do anything for me besides collect my insurance money and talk down at me like I'm incapable of pointing to my own kidneys.
"Wow you're a doctor. You must be a great person" is a naive attitude. Medicine is a guild of highly paid pharmaceutical gatekeepers. Is the gatekeeping a necessary element in a well-organized society? Arguably. But shouldn't they be allowed to unionize and pressure hospitals to make concessions to protect their patients? Nurses can unionize, and doctors are legally barred from doing so. It's an issue with the rules of the game - and the players are necessarily complicit in that game. But they make $300+k per year, so whatever the suits say, I guess...
