Insurance began as a simple, human idea:
we’ll share risk so no one gets wiped out by bad luck.
What we have now is the opposite.
Modern insurance doesn’t primarily protect people from risk — it extracts money by managing access to protection, then denying it when it’s needed most.
That’s not protection.
That’s legalized extortion with actuarial language.
1. From Mutual Aid to Profit Machine
Original risk-sharing looked like this:
- Communities pooling resources
- Losses absorbed collectively
- Trust-based participation
- Simple rules everyone understood
Modern insurance looks like this:
- For-profit corporations
- Shareholder value first
- Complex contracts nobody reads
- Legal teams designed to block payouts
The intent flipped.
2. You Pay to Be Allowed to Ask for Help
Insurance doesn’t guarantee help.
It sells permission to apply for help.
You:
- Pay every month
- Comply with endless conditions
- Still face deductibles, exclusions, and denials
Miss a clause?
Wrong provider?
Pre-existing condition?
Too bad.
Risk wasn’t removed — it was reframed as paperwork failure.
3. Complexity Is the Weapon
The system is deliberately unreadable.
- Dozens of exclusions
- Vague wording
- Cross-referenced clauses
- “Subject to review” escape hatches
This asymmetry ensures:
- You can’t evaluate real coverage
- You can’t compare options properly
- You can’t fight effectively when denied
Confusion is not a side effect.
It’s the business model.
4. The Moral Hazard Reversal
Classic insurance theory warned about moral hazard — people behaving recklessly when protected.
Modern insurance creates the reverse:
- People avoid care
- Delay treatment
- Skip preventive steps
- Fear using what they paid for
Because using insurance feels risky.
That’s absurd.
5. Insurance as a Gatekeeper to Survival
In many countries, especially the U.S.:
- Healthcare access = insurance access
- Employment = insurance access
- Quitting a job = existential risk
This ties:
- Health
- Life decisions
- Family security
Directly to wage labor.
Insurance becomes a leash.
6. Profit Requires Denial
Let’s be blunt.
Insurance companies make money by:
- Collecting premiums
- Minimizing payouts
- Maximizing delay
- Fighting claims
Helping you is a cost center.
Your misfortune is bad for quarterly earnings.
No amount of branding changes that math.
7. Risk Is Socialized, Profits Are Private
When disasters strike:
- Governments step in
- Taxpayers absorb losses
- Emergency aid fills gaps
Insurance companies:
- Raise premiums
- Reduce coverage
- Exit “unprofitable” regions
Risk is dumped back on society.
Profits remain private.
8. Why This Fuels Wage Slavery
Insurance locks people into jobs by design:
- Leave the job, lose coverage
- Start a business, risk everything
- Take time off, gamble with health
This creates:
- Fear-based employment
- Risk-averse lives
- Compliance disguised as responsibility
People stay where they are not because it’s good — but because leaving is dangerous.
9. What Real Risk Sharing Would Look Like
Not a blueprint, just direction:
- Mutual insurance pools
- Non-profit structures
- Transparent rules
- Decoupling insurance from employment
- Local or cooperative models
Risk should be shared — not monetized.
10. The Deeper Truth
Insurance today doesn’t reduce uncertainty.
It turns uncertainty into a revenue stream.
It trains people to:
- Pay continuously
- Hope silently
- Fight individually
- Accept denial as normal
That’s not safety.
That’s control.