• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    The US are the only suckers on earth who still have to pay their insurance after they’ve met their deductible. Why y’all allow this (collectively) to happen is beyond me.

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      This is like asking why the women of Afghanistan don’t just stand up to the repressive Taliban regime. We’re under a repressive regime, just a very different flavor or repression.

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        I mean, if you want to compare the most powerful, rich, and developed nation on earth to a totalitarian Afghanistan, that’s cool with me,

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      Because we would rather die than let those folks have healthcare. Fill in the fucking blank what that is.