This sort of thing used to be a “third rail” issue. The current political environment is so batshit, I think that rail is long gone.
I hope I’m wrong. Privatizing Medicare would cause massive suffering.
Republican voters are so far into the sunk cost fallacy of their cult, they are more than willing set themselves on fire, so long as their ENEMIES burn with them.
To me, that’s the quintessential difference between the modern American centrist party (we don’t have a meaningful left with any power sadly) and right wing party: Most of us want Republicans to have access to healthcare they can afford, utilities that work, safe food and water, and education, we all know they fucking need that last one desperately.
Modern Republicans, on the other hand, would very much like if those that opposed them (or are even just minding their own business but don’t align with the rigid tenets of their cult) were dead, preferably very painfully while they watch.
Note all the obnoxious signs on many of their homes openly “jokingly haha” pining for the opportunity to shoot someone who gets too close to their properteh.
That’s always the point. Consolidate the power at top and let the rest suffer.
But massive profits. 'Murica For The Win!
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Is American health care not shitty enough for Republicans?
Some poor people are able to get cost reduced healthcare in the US and to these wannabe dictators that’s 100% unacceptable. A hospital visit needs to be a life ruining financial ordeal otherwise it’s communism.
“American health care” is the problem in their eyes. They want financial natural selection - health care only if you can afford it out of pocket.
Everything that’s happening in this shit stain of a timeline leads me to stronger and stronger opinions that I’m going to facilitate my own exit on my own terms so there will be assets left for my daughter to play with after I’m gone.
No retirement. No healthcare. No hope. Fuck it. I’ll take my leave when time comes.
Yep. The only way for your children to inherit is if you don’t grow old. The expensive death care facilities will take every cent you have and leave them with nothing.
I’ve actually had this talk with her. (Clarification: she’s an adult). After arguing my position on the matter, she had no issue with any of it.
Also clarification: my comments about self managed exit aren’t related to some depression I wanna go today type thing. It’s an entirely pragmatic plan of attack for future use.
The plan is logical and pragmatic. In the US, people often spend more on healthcare for the last few weeks of life than they did up to that point. Healthcare is absurdly expensive here, and end-of-life medical heroics don’t make any sense.
The tricky part will be the timing. It’s not always easy to predict when we are close to being incapacitated.
I didn’t think you were depressed. I also happen to believe that people have a right to self delete, so I was not judging you.
I would feel bad if it weren’t for the fact that the elderly are going to vote for this in droves.
Weird thing to vote against the things supporting you.
That’s just it, though. They are voting for things that will have marginal effect on many of them. Sure, the poorest of them will be greatly affected, but many others will either see minimal repercussions or will be dead before they have to deal with it. To them, this is a nothing burger, and they’ve already shown that they don’t care about the generations following them.
have BEEN planning…
