3mo ago

US has a problem that starts with G and ends with REED

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While Switzerland has universal health care it's just by virtue of mandating everyone to get insurance from a private insurer.
At least there is a basic insurance package called Grundversicherung, which the insurers have to accept you for that has defined coverage. But it doesn't cover luxury bones (teeth) or vision.
Anyway I'm just trying to say choose one of the other 31 to model the US system after.
- Lol we ain't changing shit.
  This country is an oligarch piggy bank.
  Our vote an illusion between sociopath capitalism+ribbons or sociopath capitalism+scapegoats. We don't get a vote on the economy. We don't get a vote to end an industry built on conning people into trusting them and paying them for years and then murdering them. Too profitable. That's why our "leftwing" party declared victory further enshrining that industry into our lives, a heritage foundation plan, to demands by neoliberals we say thank you.
  There's only one way Americans would ever get universal healthcare, but we're largely too chickenshit, aside from one freedom fighter that will be made example of. So we'll continue to be treated as livestock, mandated to pay when well, then told to fuck off and die when we become inconvient to the con industry's quarterly profits.
  
  I always wonder with posts like these, what exactly have you tried to do to fix it? We've certainly had primary choices that break the mold of typical spineless corporate Democrats. Did you donate to help save the seats of Jamaal Bowman or Cori Bush? Have you ever done any canvassing? Have you written to your representatives? Do you know the names of your representatives? Have you run for office yourself?
  All of us could be doing more and doing it better. The vast majority of citizens haven't done nearly enough to have earned the right to claim that the system just can't get better.
  
  I phone banked for Sanders on two campaigns. I call and know my reps.
  I live in a rare caucus state. I'll never, ever forget the silent scowls of neoliberals as leftists came up and tried to convince them to vote for Sanders, not one of them came up either time. Didn't say a god damned word for their candidate. Just scowled and rolled their eyes wishing they didn't have to sit through people talking.
  We won the room once by numbers and lost once, with no one changing their minds either time. Neoliberals just go the fuck along and do as their told without any opinion but tow the party line. Pathetic.
- Who has single payer that covers teeth and vision? And when I say vision I mean good glasses, not shit lenses.

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