Earlier today I re-watched this mini-doc on James J Hill and how he succeeded during the railroad boom despite refusing government subsidies that were plentiful at the time.

He focused on efficient capital allocation and investing in civilization.

Part of his success was derived from how simply he set the goals for his company.

"We must operate:

- the fastest locomotives,

- to pull the longest trains,

- with maximum tonnage,

- over the straightest tracks,

- using the least change in elevation,

- with minimal maintenance costs."

Every capital allocation decision he made focused on achieving these goals.

It's hard not to think about the AI boom and all of the government investment going into the sector these days after watching this. How many opportunists are circling their wagons to feed from the government trough at the moment? How efficiently is that easy money going to be allocated?

Who in AI and the booming energy infrastructure industry budding around it is taking the hard but lucrative path that James J Hill took during the railroad boom?

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⚡️💬 WATCH - "They've built something I call technocratic feudalism, and inside it, they run a program called manufactured friction."

"It's the reason why... there's always a crisis, a feud, or a fight... But chaos alone isn't enough."

"They've turned your life into compliance capitalism, where you don't just pay for access, you have to prove obedience. Every border, every transaction, every digital checkpoint is a test."

"The fight was never between left and right, race and race, man and woman. It is between the owners of the system and everyone trapped inside it."

"And the moment enough of us stop playing their game, the system collapses."

"That's why they'll keep you distracted until your last breath."

Mother left with a ~$70,000 bill for a 15-minute trip to the emergency room for her 6-month-old son.

Absolutely insane.

CA woman Jessica Farwell says she was forced by doctors to put her son in a helicopter, which ended up costing $90,000.

The insanity doesn't end there.

After the 15-minute helicopter ride, which was deemed necessary by the doctors because the hospital Farwell went to didn't have a burn unit, she was forced to put her son in an ambulance to get him from the helipad to the hospital.

This was a 0.3-mile ride that they charged $10,200 for.

The son, Brody, was treated with second-degree burns and was discharged the next day.

The entire ordeal came to over $100,000.

"You look at the bills, and it's absolutely enraging. We got hit for a $600 waiting fee... there's a fee for it being a nighttime service... there's just every single fee you can think of!" the mother said to ABC 7.

Farwell said she was promised by doctors that her insurance would cover the costs. They didn't initially.

At first, her insurance wouldn't even cover half of the bill, meaning she would owe nearly $70,000.

"I've called the hospital, ambulance company, my insurance numerous times. It's been three years and then they wouldn't listen to me or talk to me. They just kept giving me the runaround..." she said.

It wasn't until Farwell went public with ABC 7 that the insurance company finally gave in and waived the fees.

Video: ABC 7.