But there isn’t civil unrest. They are just afraid of it. If that was the change you were looking for then good for you I guess.
Unfortunately our community is just as manipulated, exploited, and vulnerable than it ever has been and that is only getting worse. Since that part hasn’t changed, I’d say everything else is just irrelevant.
Cool. Here’s the thing tho. We need more than discussion. Because like you said things aren’t going to change otherwise. It’s been all talk and no game for decades.
I don’t think an uprising is going to break out tomorrow as an immediate reaction to his actions.
But at the very least he got a lot of people talking and thinking. People who a year or two ago would call someone “complaining” about the health conglomerates and the way we’re getting fucked crazy.
I was that person called crazy, and now my whole family, neighbors, friends, coworkers are fucking pissed and finally waking up. People who I never thought would.
It certainly doesn’t stop at health insurance, we’re getting killed from 100 different angles. But he got people talking.
You live in a dystopian present. What do you say now?
I say: The only way to fix healthcare is to do what a wise man did and [Redacted by lemmy.world Admins]!
That wise man didn’t change a thing tho.
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So then describe all the things that changed.
Oligarchs are scared because they think social unrest will break out. Except it wont because our society is full of weak people.
Meanwhile insurance companies are still taking your premium while at the same time denying you of life saving claims.
Grats.
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But there isn’t civil unrest. They are just afraid of it. If that was the change you were looking for then good for you I guess.
Unfortunately our community is just as manipulated, exploited, and vulnerable than it ever has been and that is only getting worse. Since that part hasn’t changed, I’d say everything else is just irrelevant.
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Cool. Here’s the thing tho. We need more than discussion. Because like you said things aren’t going to change otherwise. It’s been all talk and no game for decades.
I don’t think an uprising is going to break out tomorrow as an immediate reaction to his actions.
But at the very least he got a lot of people talking and thinking. People who a year or two ago would call someone “complaining” about the health conglomerates and the way we’re getting fucked crazy.
I was that person called crazy, and now my whole family, neighbors, friends, coworkers are fucking pissed and finally waking up. People who I never thought would.
It certainly doesn’t stop at health insurance, we’re getting killed from 100 different angles. But he got people talking.
But imagine… if we all, I mean everyone just [Reacted By lemmy.world Admins]
This is lemmy.world, not everyone is American.
Imagine thinking you’re insulated from any of it.