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zsmizzle | 2 years ago

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/279/transcript

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ChicagoBoy11|2 years ago

Ha, yeah, that's it. And, the quote in question, from David Segal, apparently:

"Everyone wants to be the king of the hill. That's international. But the number of aspiring kings always dwarfs the number of available hills. So in this country, we build more hills. We're geniuses, in fact, at building more hills."

dempedempe|2 years ago

Which is great until those hills directly or indirectly affect people's health. Healthcare should not be a hill. Prisons should not be a hill. Politics should not be a hill.