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[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

The point is not to win elections but to enact policy, and both parties are the parties of the rich, they prefer private healthcare.

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But think how much policy you could enact with a 40 year mandate. These dumb fucks don't understand that if you do something actually good, people will ignore everything you do after. They're trying to force only bad shit down our throats and there is some resistance and they keep losing power every 4-8 years. Enacting a universally good policy like free healthcare would allow them to do whatever evil shit they wanted, and they could just take away free healthcare later on down the line! No imagination in these idiots.

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

That's just the New Deal Democrats in a nutshell. We've passed that point though, there's no organized left to threaten them into compromise so they have free reign to be as openly monstrous as they please.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Do not think they are rational actors who carefully calculate their moves. Suffering is the point, and by delegating private companies to manage Healthcare, they're allowed to watch people die due to a lack of coverage and pretend as if their hands are clean in this matter.

But if they were to nationalize it... then whenever insurance decides to deny people coverage, the people will focus their hatred on them.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

capitalists cant think long term, not even to further their own agenda

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