American society as a whole always had fascist tendencies. Now unfortunately, most people who saw the horrors of fascism first hand are no longer to be heard. Germany is still brutally honest with their citizens about what happened, while Americans are awash in endless distractions and deluded by 'facts' that they themselves (not their parents and grandparents) through believing in Capitalism beat Fascism and Communism.
Walmart doesn’t need to pay their employees enough to live, that’s what government assistance is for. Walmart’s job is to create JOBS not pay people a living wage.
John Oliver did a great segment on mobile homes and how it's another way to prey on the poor- essentially they can own the mobile home, but most don't own the land and can't afford to move it if the rent increases, so the trailer parks are being bought up as residents can't really afford to do anything about it when the rent is jacked up-
^I've been preaching about these points on the healthcare system in my class for years now. Most students get it, but there are still those who are certain that public health care is the devil. Their source? The parents. Ugh.
I can also assert that even with excellent health insurance, we paid almost $14000 to have our first child.
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Americans paying more for publicly funded healthcare per capita than Canadians do should tell you all that needs to be known how ####ed up their system is.
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Americans paying more for publicly funded healthcare per capita than Canadians do should tell you all that needs to be known how ####ed up their system is.
What's worse is that the private expenditure equals it, so basically, Americans pay double than Canadians (or more) for worse health outcomes. Way to negotiate America...the art of the deal!
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
What's worse is that the private expenditure equals it, so basically, Americans pay double than Canadians (or more) for worse health outcomes. Way to negotiate America...the art of the deal!
Trump really is the embodiment of what America has become in the last half century
A podcast I listened to a few years ago did a good job of basically saying "No, no, let's look at this purely from a capitalistic point of view. Here's why the US system sucks and is unacceptable"
^I've been preaching about these points on the healthcare system in my class for years now. Most students get it, but there are still those who are certain that public health care is the devil. Their source? The parents. Ugh.
I can also assert that even with excellent health insurance, we paid almost $14000 to have our first child.
Holy ####.
Holy. ####.
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Well that's another problem isn't it, the complete crapshoot between states, insurance providers, hospitals, and everything in between
I feel like a lot of nfotiu's perspective comes from being in the right region, with the right economy, with the right job and the right everything, when downplaying issues in the US.
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One area where the US medical system leads the world by a pretty large margin is innovation: best doctors, best schools and best funding (is there any surprise the first and from what I've heard, best covid vaccines came from the US?). On a long enough timeline, the improvements to Quality of Life from Innovation massively outstrip the improvements of quality of life from equity. The rest of the developed world has the luxury of thumbing our noses at the US system while also able to enjoy the fruits of that system. I wonder how much more equitable they can make their system before they start knee-capping innovation?
I also dont think you can even began to fix the US medical system (or any of their other major faults as a nation) until you get money out of politics, because any piece of legislation that tries to fix it will only end up working to the benefit of pharmaceutical companies and insurance providers and to hell with everyone else.
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One area where the US medical system leads the world by a pretty large margin is innovation: best doctors, best schools and best funding (is there any surprise the first and from what I've heard, best covid vaccines came from the US?). On a long enough timeline, the improvements to Quality of Life from Innovation massively outstrip the improvements of quality of life from equity. The rest of the developed world has the luxury of thumbing our noses at the US system while also able to enjoy the fruits of that system. I wonder how much more equitable they can make their system before they start knee-capping innovation?
I also dont think you can even began to fix the US medical system (or any of their other major faults as a nation) until you get money out of politics, because any piece of legislation that tries to fix it will only end up working to the benefit of pharmaceutical companies and insurance providers and to hell with everyone else.
The US lead the world in innovation from ~1930s - 1970s when they had massive new deal social spending programs. The real question is how long they can maintain innovation if they continue to run people into bankruptcy for patronizing the innovations. Most of the advantage they have now is due to a fading institutional momentum.
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