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Most people get fired up about problems without ever asking if what they are looking at is actually the problem or just a symptom of something deeper. It is easier to get mad at what is visible than to trace it back to the cause. But if you are always treating symptoms, all you are really doing is staying sick in a slightly more comfortable way.

In this episode, I walk through three examples that almost everyone is familiar with. Healthcare, college, and housing. These are not the only places this shows up, they are just easy to see. The real goal today is not to convince you of anything about those three things. It is to help you start spotting the pattern. Because once you see it, you will realize it is everywhere.

At some point, you have to ask what changed. What broke. Go to wtfhappenedin1971.com and you will see exactly when the pattern went from bad to systemic. That is not a coincidence. That is the design.

• Most of what people call problems are just symptoms
• Myth: Healthcare is expensive because of greed
  • Chart: Growth in Healthcare Administrators vs. Physicians
  • PrimaryRoot Cause: bloated system, fiat incentives
• Myth: College is broken because kids are lazy
  • Chart: Admins vs. Students and Faculty & Inflation Adjusted Spending Per Pupil 
  • Primary Root Cause: loan-fueled admin bloat
• Myth: Housing is unaffordable due to landlords and flippers
  • Chart: Home Value vs. Income Change
  • Primary Root cause: cheap debt and asset bubbles
• Want to know when it all really broke? Go to wtfhappenedin1971.com
• What you can do:
  • Use a DPC and/or health-sharing, stay healthy, not just insurance
  • Ditch degrees unless there is a clear path, build skillsets
  • Shelter should serve you, not enslave you, from home to homestead
  • Stack Bitcoin, own real assets, if you can’t borrow against it, it is debt
  • Build local, opt out, watch and work the incentives
  • Build businesses, income streams and systems that replace expenses
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