• blakenong
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    3 days ago

    You’re disconnected from humanity.

    The reason private health care exists is because of greed. Most of the world has moved on to socialized healthcare of some sort. Americans have been programmed their whole lives to say “something is better than nothing.”

    You’re blaming the people for not having better politicians? Which people? The people 60 years ago, who really are the ones that set the course we are on?

    And you call me misguided? Who guided you into apathetically accepting that greed is the norm?

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      3 days ago

      Killing Brian brought us 0% closer to socialized healthcare. You’re arguing with a nonexistent strawman whom supports private healthcare because it sure as fuck ain’t me.

      • blakenong
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 days ago

        0% according to your metric. However, the situation isn’t over. He’s not guilty yet. If you thought that killing a single ceo was going to immediately make healthcare free, then you are mistaken. Things don’t happen overnight.

        Every little step counts, we just need more steps.

        I’m sorry you don’t see Luigi as a hero. I do. There is not a thing you can say to convince me otherwise. Having you agree with me also means nothing to me. I really don’t care how you see the world.

          • blakenong
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            3 days ago

            Actually, voting can’t do it, as we have shown. We need to make being in charge of healthcare a dangerous business to the point where no one fights very hard to get rid of it. We don’t live in a world where people let go of a billion dollar industry because it’s the right thing to do. These people need to be forced out. And seeing one of their own die from greed freaked a lot of them out… not for long, they’re back to their old tricks. Which is why we need more action.

            • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              3 days ago

              We haven’t had 60 DNC since 1979.

              When we had 58 in 2010 for only 72 days we got Medicaid Expansion, would have dirt cheap public option like they do in European countries if not for Joe Lieberman caucusing independent. Well, him and every single Republican who voted no.

              Try it first then tell me it doesn’t work.

              • blakenong
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                3 days ago

                It’s okay that we don’t agree.

                • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  2 days ago

                  It’s a bit problematic that you disagree with reality, but you’re not really my problem so you do you.

                  • blakenong
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    2
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    1 day ago

                    It’s a bit problematic that you see reality as the fiction you’ve been programmed to see, but you’re not really my problem so you do you.