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Why doesn't the United States have universal healthcare by now? (Serious) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What's keeping people from demanding it?

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[-] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Because our sclerotic legislature and campaign finance systems ensure that every single function of “democratic” society is fully and totally captured by the interests of capital

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