• chiruyuki@ani.social
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    10 hours ago

    It still baffles me how some Americans will fight against universal healthcare, like ??? Do you WANT to be put in debt cuz you had an easily-treatable illness??? I don’t get it, honestly

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      Obviously, transsexuals are a bigger concern. They are educated from birth the US has a superior healthcare system (by every measure, it does not). They are told that a lifetime of debt means they are good Americans .Also, most voters just assume one day they will be billionaires and never get sick.

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      My mom had a spinal fusion in the 90s which she got in debt for.

      About 15 years ago my lung spontaneously collapsed. Several surgeries later, the bill was $315,000. I was on Obamacare because of the mandate, thank god. I paid $19.

      My mom found out and told me I “deserved to go bankrupt” because people like her had struggled for so long with their medical bills.

      I don’t speak to her anymore

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        I rlly don’t get ppl like ur mum… shouldn’t she be angry about being forced to pay extortionate amounts of money in the first place ??? Not at the poor person who got lucky ??? Jesus

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      10 hours ago

      Americans are willing to give up everything they own if it means some hypothetical strawman isn’t “mooching” off of their propaganda headcanon.

      Success is suffering and hard work and if everyone isn’t suffering then life isn’t fair. Fuck this entire viewpoint, but it’s one of the main American traits ruining socialist ideals.