• Jerkface (any/all)
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      3 months ago

      I know what you mean, but the bulk of the actual problem is that working class Americans can’t stop fucking killing themselves with stupid behavior. The leading causes of death are preventable. The thing you mean that you dare not simply come out and say because you value your liberty is living in a fantasy so that you don’t have to do the hard work of fixing reality.

      • @[email protected]
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        03 months ago

        You can’t truly believe rich people are just inherently better at not dying of heart disease or cancer.

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          It’s a lot better than the premise that murdering CEOs is going to improve the life expectancy of the working class. You just breeze by that, and then you stumble on my take?? People are looking for easy answers that don’t require they make any changes whatsoever. They’re begging for the intervention of some kind of savior, when the real answer is, “just stop killing yourself.”

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            We pay twice what other countries do for healthcare, for much worse results. The insurance plague is definitely party of the problem.

            When insurance companies are auto denying claims in hope you give up and never challenge that bullshit contact breach, it’s definitely a massive part of the problem.

  • queermunist she/her
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    Well obviously, once we retire our lives no longer have value.

    The closer retirement age and death are the better it is for the economy; at its most efficient we’d work until the day we die at 60.

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      13 months ago

      I mean, no. Entire industries are founded on retirement money being spent. They want people to save 401ks, no pensions. And then die as soon as they run out of money or start costing the state anything

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        That’s the issue isn’t it. Most in the U.S. don’t have the same gumption to get out there and get it done. It’s easier to have someone else do all the work. I am certainly not confident enough in myself to join any protests or riots. I’m too afraid of the consequences if or when it all goes wrong.