I read it. And I know I'm wasting my time arguing about this, but tbh it's fun, so I'll persist.

Renton described a situation where the government is the cause of a problem. Your response is to solve the problem of government intrusion with government intrusion.
I don't agree that this situation is caused by government intrusion. I believe it's caused by human selfishness.

Please think about what you just said. You have argued for the position you're against. The position you hold is supposed to say "profits don't create incentive".
No, I realise that profit creates an incentive. I just think this relects badly on people. There should be a greater incentive in public health. The fact that profit is the greater incentive is exactly my problem.

This situation is like if you put a 2 ton dead weight in the trunk of your car and then you say "well the only way to keep the vehicle functioning is to alter its structure and engine"
No, you remove the 2 ton dead weight, which I would argue is profit.

I've posted video of Milton Friedman answering this question several times. Adam Smith's most famous quote is about it: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." This is an extremely well understood phenomenon in economics. It is covered in literally Chapter 1 in my Econ 101 textbook. A market economy creates a greater amount of good for the people precisely because both producers and consumers act in their own self-interest. The seller wants to optimize his profits and the buyer wants to minimize his costs. A market consists of multiple buyers and sellers, so only the fittest survive.
I'm not arguing you're wrong. I'm arguing that this is the problem. Profit is the greatest incentive. It shouldn't be.

Because that incentive is weak.
It's weak because of the selfish nature of human beings.

This is false. Medical salaries are enormous precisely because of government.
I don't have a problem with high medical salaries, especially given the level of expertise and the training necessary to achieve such standards. But wages will always be higher in the private sector because the private sector are competing. Suddenly top doctors are like sports stars, keenly sought after by the private sector. Who pays for these inflated wages? Sick people.

This doesn't happen. It never happens in government, but it always happens in markets. Fun that.
What, investment from government doesn't happen? Why not? What's the problem with government taking the role of a business? If the private sector can make a tidy profit from medicine, why can't the government make a modest profit while keeping costs down?

What you are describing you don't like are monopolistic elements. The solution you are prescribing is an unfettered monopoly.
Yes, but at least when the government monopolises, they are accountable at elections. Can we vote this hedge fund manager out? Can we fuck.

I realise that I am never going to convince people like you who religiously support free markets that there is a better way. I mean I don't even know if there's a better way, I'm not pretending to be an economist here. It's just my opinion is that the way the world works is fucked up and results in selfish, greedy behaviour, and a total lack of empathy. Renton talks about toothbrushes for 30c like that's a good thing. It's not. 30c toothbrushes mean someone isn't getting paid as much as they should, and it means that people consume more than they need to. I'm going on holiday, where's my toothbrush? Fuck it, I'll just buy a new one. Who cares if some Indian kid gets 5p an hour in a sweat shop.

I guess I'm slowly learning that my problem isn't capitalism, it's people.