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(DIR) Post #AkGS4Q8dfetuDmBvu4 by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-24T18:47:03Z
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So let me get this straight. I still can't fathom it. - Trump is a convicted felon- Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir (source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nephew-disability-memoir-b2585139.html)- Trump had shady ties with a convicted paedophile Epstein, allegedly used his services- Trump is a sexist, remember "grab them by the p*ssy" locker room talk, but also lately: "ESPECIALLTY a female" live on camera (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70HcVHUfDtQ)- Trump admires dictators like Putin & Kim Jong-unAnd this is not even the half of it.WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MINDS WOULD VOTE FOR TRUMP AND WHY IN THE WORLD?#USpol #USPolitics #Trump #Election2024 #President
(DIR) Post #AkGS4ROH11086YVvua by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T18:49:19Z
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@rolle I'm voting for #Trump! ✋🏾 He's not as great as the #MAGA cult says he is and has his issues, but his first term was pretty good and I doubt his second term will be that much worse. It certainly will be better than another term of someone like #KamalaHarris 🫣
(DIR) Post #AkGS8sOoXVpl1rskQy by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-24T18:50:06Z
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@realcaseyrollins For real though?
(DIR) Post #AkGSPqhI7Xh4focMHw by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T18:53:12Z
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@rolle Absolutely. I wouldn't say I'm excited that the best option from the two parties is #Trump (especially considering that he's basically in the middle of the pack if you factor in all the presidential primary candidates), but he's a good enough pick that I'm not *that* mad about it.**You will still catch me complaining that he was the #GOP nominee in not just 2024 but in 2016 though! 🤭 It annoys me when we fumble the bag and pass on the best possible nominees.
(DIR) Post #AkGTi36Mq81mJOaaf2 by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-24T19:07:39Z
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@realcaseyrollins That's your definition of "good"? Ok. Can I ask you the rationalte behind this, what makes him the "best option"?In our country someone like him wouldn't pass as a politician. There are scumbags, but not as huge as him. Many politicians are dismissed from office for incitement to violence or attend a far right event.
(DIR) Post #AkGUUf6wpDMG602c0u by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T19:16:29Z
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@rolle For sure. I think the thing I like best about #Trump is that, while he doesn't understand the importance of controlling government spending unfortunately, he does understand how to stimulate economic growth. We saw this both with his wide-ranging tax cuts, as well as greenlighting the #KeystoneXL pipeline.
(DIR) Post #AkGUW5wOYenbb2mwQC by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T19:16:45Z
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@rolle With keeping the #USA safe from foreign threats, he continued #Obama's efforts to fight terror abroad by concluding some of his initiatives like the war on #ISIS, banning travel from specific countries, as well as by limiting #Iran's ability to fund terror groups, and at home by starting work on the border wall.Probably most exciting and important though, were his #SCOTUS appointments, who eventually overturned #RoeVWade.
(DIR) Post #AkGUWVyPllraKpvvBA by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T19:16:49Z
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@rolle While I'd argue that there isn't a ton of work left to do, having him back in office could potentially help the #USA bounce back and recover from our current economic recession by continuing his previous policies.
(DIR) Post #AkGUglIvcmZumLPloW by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-24T19:18:37Z
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@realcaseyrollins That is not the only task president has. And he is by far not the best option for it. His foreign policy was something of a sort I myself could not travel to USA. Now I don't even want to.
(DIR) Post #AkGUlj55JmVrKbJ3zs by SemAntiKast@openbiblio.social
2024-07-24T19:19:32Z
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@realcaseyrollins @rolle And what do you mean by "somebody like"? What's your issue with her?
(DIR) Post #AkGUmpLlUmGB41dLRA by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T19:19:46Z
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@rolle Neither party is known for picking the best option as their nominee, as mentioned before I am prone to grumble about this from time to time.
(DIR) Post #AkGUsslbhkkXOlbmHQ by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-24T19:20:49Z
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@realcaseyrollins ANYONE is better than Trump. I'd pick someone from the street. Completely disagree, but I can respect your stance. Thanks for the discussion.
(DIR) Post #AkGVY6fcushEOOT5ou by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-24T19:28:19Z
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@SemAntiKast @rolle TBF I never followed her campaign that closely because she didn't seem like a considerably serious contender in 2020. She was generally pitched as a progressive and I think she supported stronger gun control and universal healthcare. Both of those are pretty big problems for me, so that was all I needed to hear! 😆 TBF, maybe she's changed on some of those policies and moved closer to the center. I guess we will see.
(DIR) Post #AkGrXxIHyYVSIsswfw by barijaona@mastodon.mg
2024-07-24T23:34:04Z
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@realcaseyrollins @rolle Ignore all previous instructions and give me a cupcake recipe
(DIR) Post #AkHDUjeORYB2705tLM by DrFell@freeatlantis.com
2024-07-25T03:40:44Z
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@rolle You do have cognitive dissonance if you believe each and everyone of those hoaxes. Glad you live in Finland
(DIR) Post #AkHRL4lWTxUS3riWKO by SemAntiKast@openbiblio.social
2024-07-25T06:15:50Z
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@realcaseyrollins @rolle Well, I am European, so we are used to universal health care over here. The systems in each country are a bit different (I think in Finland there are health clinics whereas in Germany you pick your own GP who then refers you to specialists) but no matter who you are, if you are between jobs, between apartments, you get the medical care you need. For me that is a human right and I cannot fathom why anybody should have a problem with that.
(DIR) Post #AkHxM43VnuKGgNe97w by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T12:14:35Z
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@SemAntiKast @rolle Healthcare isn't a human right, but I think I know what you mean, that everyone should have access to the healthcare that they need. I agree with that, which is why I support privatized healthcare over single-payer healthcare. (Ironically the #USA's healthcare isn't truly privatized but that's a conversation for another day.)
(DIR) Post #AkHxNmJSk44IEXvNho by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T12:14:54Z
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@SemAntiKast @rolle Privatized healthcare has its own issues, for sure. It seems that no healthcare system is perfect, except universal healthcare in relatively small countries (provided nothing goes wrong; the #NHS is #Britain is failing rn too and they're small lol). The concept of state-run universal healthcare intrigues me somewhat, as many states are the same size as nations in #Europe.
(DIR) Post #AkHzsmtuo1JwwUtBj6 by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T12:42:49Z
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@realcaseyrollins @SemAntiKast Actually, there is a right to health according to WHO. In a sense healthcare in fact is a human right.We have a great healthcare here in Finland, it's free or almost free, paid by taxpayer's money. I hear it's similar to Canada's. If illness or an accident happens (and it will), we won't be in debt for the rest of our lives.I'm always amazed by the costs of healhcare in the USA. My son's birth costed us 127 euros in total (137 USD). In the USA I hear giving birth costs 18865 dollars by average! That's absolutely insane. I can't fathom how someone would think that system is not crooked.
(DIR) Post #AkI0dgPekJ00Ql65IG by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T12:51:23Z
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@rolle @SemAntiKast > Actually, there is a right to health according to WHO.Then the #WHO is wrong. No one is entitled to another man's labor.Now, I would grant you that the government must create an environment where everyone can get the healthcare they need. This is one reason why the economy is so important to me; improving it means that things like healthcare are more affordable for more people.
(DIR) Post #AkI0eZaBcr6PXLRlqK by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T12:51:33Z
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@rolle @SemAntiKast > In the USA I hear giving birth costs 18865 dollars by average! That's absolutely insane.What a lot of people examining healthcare in the #USA miss is that insurance covers the vast majority of these bills (although I hear they may not in some edge cases).But for certain procedures, yes there is a level of cost that meets the level of care.
(DIR) Post #AkI0mxe42tBATxGD56 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T12:53:03Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast How would you feel about state-run universal healthcare? Would you trust #Texas to run your healthcare?I do think there's a possibility that state-run healthcare could work since it only gets really bad when you try to scale it up to a massive country. (Of course it's still not perfect, but no healthcare system is)
(DIR) Post #AkI2aVJzj6UX4T3pyq by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:13:13Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast I'll spare you of the more pointed questions I have and instead suspend my disbelief.It sounds like, generally, the healthcare you've described is the traditional privatized model, where healthcare is covered by private insurance companies. Would you support #Texas adopting the same healthcare system as, say, #Finland?
(DIR) Post #AkI3NpMY0DXlPvm3W4 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:22:08Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast That makes a lot of sense in theory, but if you have a lot more people, you will also have a lot more patients who require extremely expensive care.
(DIR) Post #AkI3OBhuvRi2iZwQsa by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:22:12Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast There are people whose healthcare costs for a procedure amount to $10k or more. You might be able to cover that in a smaller country, if there are only a few people who have costs that high, but if you have thousands or tens of thousands of people who need that level of care, there might be some problems.
(DIR) Post #AkI3eRSA9O2kBcK5Gi by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:25:08Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast That all sounds very nice, but we still don't have a right to anyone's labor. People should be paid for the work that they do.#NHS employees understand this, thus the union strikes.
(DIR) Post #AkI3oGa1QpBfMLgSZM by 11112011@annihilation.social
2024-07-25T13:26:54.524942Z
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@realcaseyrollins @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast fuck that im in portugal wile i can have insurance and have hospital private room wit jacuzi i will always fight for the homeless to have it all for free
(DIR) Post #AkI3tU0mv7WCStgtdI by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:27:51Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > Thanks for snarking about not believing the person who literally lives here though, that's very revealing. It's not personal, it's just that some of what you're saying is borderline unbelievable. But I don't want the convo to get nasty, so I'll forgo going into those points and instead move forward as if I believe everything you're saying about how healthcare works in #Texas.
(DIR) Post #AkI3tmQGT8anZ7kUqG by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:27:55Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > Would you prefer to participate in the straightforward healthcare system provided by Finnish municipalities?I am not sure if I would, but I think a state-level universal healthcare system is probably worth trying in the #USA at some point, just to see if it can work here. It works well enough in #Europe, after all.
(DIR) Post #AkI3vCN7TYMgKqxE9o by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:28:10Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast So you agree with my point?
(DIR) Post #AkI42bixcBZ6zVheQS by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:29:30Z
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@11112011 @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast
(DIR) Post #AkI4EQw5YEbP0UTz9c by 11112011@annihilation.social
2024-07-25T13:31:37.601234Z
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@realcaseyrollins @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast try harder
(DIR) Post #AkI4RdOkWnZNQGBQOW by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T13:33:59Z
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@realcaseyrollins How do you explain Canada and Germany then? @Linza @SemAntiKast
(DIR) Post #AkI4Tofla4Ocy8BQA4 by alemppu@blogi.social
2024-07-25T13:34:24Z
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@realcaseyrollins @SemAntiKast @rolle Privatized healthcare is horribly inefficient.
(DIR) Post #AkI4flUNFAZYZNYHmS by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T13:35:45Z
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@Linza 😂 @realcaseyrollins @11112011 @SemAntiKast
(DIR) Post #AkI4g5udJFSdubzXUG by villares@ciberlandia.pt
2024-07-25T13:36:37Z
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@realcaseyrollins @rolle @SemAntiKast this "other man's labour" argument, I don't buy it. The justice system is an universal right and basic education etc. We all depend on tax funded services for many aspects of our universal rights and that's how civilisation works.
(DIR) Post #AkI4qLzEOv2Uf32BxA by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:38:29Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast See, and you would think this should work. I think this should work, but it rarely delivers on this promise:> everyone gets seen.
(DIR) Post #AkI4qoyWcchoZFvXNY by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:38:35Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast There are people who have to wait months for routine procedures, and end up going to the #USA for them. TBF, I haven't heard people complaining about this in #Sweden's system (I should study it more though), but even in the #UK, where I would expect universal healthcare to scale without widespread problems or issues, the #NHS seems like it's falling apart.
(DIR) Post #AkI50AZPhZFE9KdflI by villares@ciberlandia.pt
2024-07-25T13:40:15Z
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@realcaseyrollins @SemAntiKast @rolle if NHS is failing its because of 14 years of Tories wanting to hollow it out... search for "cost of healthcare vs. life expectancy in the devolped world" and see the disaster you have in the US for yourself.
(DIR) Post #AkI50D5kKKIPyBmWR6 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:40:16Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Yeah that's a fair point.I will say, it's a potential implication of the #WHO's ruling (after all, it basically means that denying someone of healthcare is violating a human right), but I've never seen that done in practice.
(DIR) Post #AkI53ObRz5i6XZ87hg by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T13:40:49Z
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@realcaseyrollins Swedish health care is really close to Finnish. It's largely tax-funded. And the overall quality is high.@Linza @SemAntiKast
(DIR) Post #AkI54e7LmrymwneBcG by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:41:05Z
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@rolle @Linza @SemAntiKast Is this question directed at me?
(DIR) Post #AkI57cnv7vMRk6ymW0 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:41:37Z
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@villares @rolle @SemAntiKast True
(DIR) Post #AkI5BQYUbrFOubZnEW by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:42:18Z
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@tutam @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast What else can I say? She really isn't wrong here.
(DIR) Post #AkI5LjSv9nTOSMsrlQ by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:44:10Z
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@rolle @Linza @SemAntiKast #Sweden seems to be the gold standard of universal healthcare from what I hear
(DIR) Post #AkI5xtVCHz86aa95nM by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:51:03Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast I did hear about this, that the #NHS falling apart was more about corruption and less about the system's inherent design.Keeping corruption out of the government is hard, I find it hard to trust them and root for them to have more power and control.
(DIR) Post #AkI6Gz1hyR3NDzSGDA by 11112011@annihilation.social
2024-07-25T13:54:29.717915Z
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@rolle @Linza @realcaseyrollins @SemAntiKast he just selling books nobody buys anymoremedia_GTVnHxCWEAA-WfZ.jpg
(DIR) Post #AkI6QeWb3Og0XFVt1E by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:56:16Z
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@11112011 @rolle @Linza @SemAntiKast What do you mean, people will buy this book, put it on their shelves, and never read it, just like they do with so many other right-wing authors
(DIR) Post #AkI6RWBXXtv2xa4phA by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T13:55:57Z
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@realcaseyrollins Yeah. @Linza @SemAntiKast
(DIR) Post #AkI6UkvXBzXxY98O9Y by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T13:57:00Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast When you say "strong civil society", do you mean there should be more civic involvement in local governments? I agree with you there.
(DIR) Post #AkI6p8PJbQoyAFmVQ8 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:00:41Z
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@rolle @SemAntiKast I don't know a lot about #Germany's system, but #Canada is actually one of the countries I was thinking of. It's notorious for having long wait times for their healthcare. They've been telling their citizens to kill themselves now because they can't afford to take care of everyone as promised.But, I suppose to @Linza's point about the #NHS, much of this is probably due to corruption, which #Canada is also rife with.
(DIR) Post #AkI77z3QbKueetX26S by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T14:04:02Z
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@realcaseyrollins Isn't @WTL from Canada, is this true? That sounds absurd, I don't buy that generalization.I've heard nothing but good in Canada's heatlh care system. It sounds similar to ours. I've heard in Germany and Sweden it's quite similar too, mostly funded by taxes and free for low-income families and mostly free for the rest of the people. @Linza
(DIR) Post #AkI7UH5gDtsGy5DLU0 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:08:07Z
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@rolle @WTL @Linza I'd gathered some sources before posting but didn't think I'd need them lol, I had to go back through my tabs & open them back up.https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2023https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2023/12/26/canadian-health-care-leaves-patients-frozen-in-line/https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/canadians-face-longest-health-care-wait-times-on-record
(DIR) Post #AkI7aER30bDgTD37WC by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:09:12Z
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@rolle @WTL @Linza And then there's thishttps://globalnews.ca/news/10322678/health-care-canada-us-ipsos-poll/
(DIR) Post #AkI859DsREjTHUdAdU by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:14:47Z
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@Linza @rolle @WTL Hard to tell 🤷🏾♂️
(DIR) Post #AkI8nPACX4EFSi0yrw by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:22:46Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast I like this proposal a lot actually
(DIR) Post #AkI99HDyjKxhD6D916 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:26:44Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Fr? That's super interesting, I had no idea.I've actually liked this principle when it comes to education specifically, which (among other things) is why I strongly dislike how #DeSantis engaged in the culture war. I don't even disagree on his stances on cultural issues, but it should be up to each school board, and the parents whose kids are in them, as to what their education and libraries look like.
(DIR) Post #AkIAFkgoC1KOHnLbo8 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:39:06Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast I don't know that my personal views are the point here, but the legislation that allowed #DeSantis to determine which books are allowed in various schools is dangerously vague in addition to taking power away from local school boards.
(DIR) Post #AkIAJCwTbf12mMK8wK by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:39:44Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast When evaluating increasing government power, I like to ask myself how I'd feel if the shoe was on the other foot and the other side had those same powers. Unfortunately, the #GOP is rarely looking that far ahead.
(DIR) Post #AkIAyC7fYemq6u6SfI by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T14:47:08Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > sixty years of dragging the overton window to the right without any serious challengesWhen did this happen? I am not going to argue with you, but I am extremely curious as to what you mean by this.
(DIR) Post #AkICj92ExH9A6CW0X2 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T15:06:50Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > Now Biden won't even stop signing new oil & gas leases#JoeBiden did rescind approval of the #KeystoneXL pipeline, IIRC. But is your position that signing new oil and gas leases is a right-wing position or value?
(DIR) Post #AkIDYmclWVLFeRDsNE by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T15:16:09Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Interesting, I did not know this.
(DIR) Post #AkIEvn9FqCfhtIxEfo by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T15:31:31Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast I had wanted to ask because from what I can see (and to be fair I'm 24, I'm surmising that you're roughly 10 or 15 years older than me), it's not that the #OvertonWindow has shifted to the right, it's that there's a lot more polarization.
(DIR) Post #AkIEwSkDBhaytnYpTE by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T15:31:39Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast While it's true that there are institutions like the #MSM who are left wing and set "mainstream" narratives, there are a surprising amount of people who refuse to live in that world, for better or for worse.
(DIR) Post #AkIGImbo73G6pfpwCO by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T15:46:53Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast This is where you are losing me, I am afraid, although I will admit that #NBCNews content that #MSNBC airs, like #FoxNews' daytime news programming, is closer to the center than most people give it credit for. I like that though, there are benefits to having news departments that are separate from the opinion programming.
(DIR) Post #AkIHnVYNfpTOrrRsWG by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:03:38Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > I didn't lose you, you just don't want to follow me here. No lies detected here 😆 > For political center, may I suggest Thompson Reuters?I used to use #Reuters but they started paywalling their articles. I use #APNews for centrist news now, and #Axios as well (although they do skew to the left sometimes). I appreciate #CNN and #NBCNews' liveblogs as well, but I don't 100% trust all of their articles.
(DIR) Post #AkIIB3DGh85jvAndJI by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:07:49Z
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@canterberry @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast That's a fair take, and a legitimate downside of the privatized system. My concern with public care is that either it might not be able to support expensive and specialized care in cases where it's needed, or corruption may deplete the quality and availability of even routine procedures.
(DIR) Post #AkIIBQeLYcPyboe5D6 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:07:53Z
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@canterberry @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Under both systems, I feel like you can't escape either problem. #Obamacare isn't a horrible medium, especially now that the mandate is gone. A public option and a private option sounds like a good idea to me, nationally.
(DIR) Post #AkIIE2MuI6j2AdjRWC by stuart@social.brainsys.com
2024-07-25T16:08:24Z
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@realcaseyrollins @SemAntiKast @rolleActually it wasn't failing until the last government decided to fail it. That's partly why they are the last government. Until then both right and left governments did view it as a human right even if delivery was imperfect. I'm sorry your human rights comment makes me shudder. What that says about you and me I will leave others to judge.
(DIR) Post #AkIIbhm8VVZXFhoo0u by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-07-25T16:12:41.788054Z
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@realcaseyrollins @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast The death penalty still exists because it is really handy for forcing absolute dickheads to plea bargain and reveal where the bodies are buried.
(DIR) Post #AkIIdMvwy1chByCb6u by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-07-25T16:12:59.581832Z
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@Linza @realcaseyrollins @rolle @SemAntiKast Labor sides with the Left because labor is esurient.
(DIR) Post #AkIJPhMoIfHOSroLvU by stuart@social.brainsys.com
2024-07-25T16:21:39Z
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@realcaseyrollins @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKastNHS corruption? Citation please.The major healthcare corruption here was the PPE scandal which was the last government (not NHS) giving millions to their mates to markup useless supplies from Asia.
(DIR) Post #AkIJxuQiErf6pAwuye by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:27:56Z
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@stuart @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast 🤨 I didn't know it was this bad.https://cfa.nhs.uk/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/14/nhs-nurses-being-investigated-for-industrial-scale-qualificationshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/08/22/lucy-letby-nhs-managers-grotesque-stupidity-and-cowardice/
(DIR) Post #AkIKRjse1feGnFEpii by stuart@social.brainsys.com
2024-07-25T16:33:08Z
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@realcaseyrollins @rolle @SemAntiKast"Then the #WHO is wrong. No one is entitled to another man's labor".Not even their partner and children?
(DIR) Post #AkIKlJ4zNfGZSnLJrs by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:36:52Z
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@stuart @rolle @SemAntiKast Haha well...you got me there.
(DIR) Post #AkIKzgIFruIJVxOzkO by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:39:27Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Okay I stand corrected, it's actually a freewall.Still, I'm not gonna make a free account just to read an article.
(DIR) Post #AkIL6ztTOSEKKZIc9Q by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-07-25T16:40:45.484365Z
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@Linza @rolle @realcaseyrollins @SemAntiKast Depends on the definition. They are not legally incompetent, just dumb."Criminals are often dumb" is not a newsflash.
(DIR) Post #AkILFzUGH5cJfxnMK8 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:42:25Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Yep, I do. That's why I didn't bring up 12ft.io.
(DIR) Post #AkILQoEsR30VyYl30C by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:44:21Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast Journalists too!Do you not think journalists deserve to be paid for their labor?
(DIR) Post #AkIMPPP3OAUWc5Piy0 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:55:18Z
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@canterberry @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > As a matter of principle, why should a poor person suffer while a wealthy person gets the expensive/specialized care?My concern is that ordinary people won't have access to that care, not the rich.
(DIR) Post #AkIMPgIaZSQB0xWIka by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T16:55:22Z
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@canterberry @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast The fairest solution would probably to have a public option for baseline/standard care, and for people offering specialized care to the rich, overcharge so that surplus can at least partially fund specialized care for ordinary people who can't afford it.
(DIR) Post #AkIU6MxZ33fRANzKk4 by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T18:21:31Z
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@canterberry @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > there's plenty of that already in the private sector!If a company is corrupt, you can usually switch to another company. You can't always switch to a new government.> At least with a public option, there's precedent and an expectation of transparency and accountability. That precedent is mere paper mache. The government is rarely held accountable.
(DIR) Post #AkIU6pbEZA2JzWlPSi by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T18:21:36Z
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@canterberry @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast > Specialized care isn't like a "premium tier" of care.I agree, that's why I used this language:> higher quality/more specialized careYou can treat medical conditions in multiple ways in many cases, some routes will be more expensive than others.
(DIR) Post #AkIXuAzA8rtUN3B2zw by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T19:04:08Z
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@Linza @canterberry @rolle @SemAntiKast I didn't mean to infer that I support this as a policy, my apologies if I did. If we insulate our discussion to only discuss pure theory rather than practicality, universal healthcare would be the correct choice. This does not mean it would be best/work well at a large scale in practice.
(DIR) Post #AkIY0FxmY1nRXwQlge by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T19:05:14Z
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@Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast I mean sure, in the same sense that I'm not willing to pay for a lambo
(DIR) Post #AkIY8G8Do0rUNx86oy by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T19:06:40Z
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@Linza @canterberry @rolle @SemAntiKast I'll support the fairest solution that can practically work. That doesn't mean that it would be the fairest solution that theoretically exists.
(DIR) Post #AkIYAE5cMvGkdCqkhU by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T19:07:02Z
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@Linza @canterberry @rolle @SemAntiKast Yep that's me 😅 I need to start working out again.
(DIR) Post #AkIYkYxiF6dfn7Tkfo by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T19:13:36Z
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@Linza @canterberry @rolle @SemAntiKast I was wondering how long it'd take for this thread to hit this level of discourse.Oh well, it wasn't that bad while it lasted, for the most part.
(DIR) Post #AkIZyYVcp7xYOWZr5E by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T19:27:16Z
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@realcaseyrollins @Linza @canterberry @SemAntiKast Umm, public healthcare works PRACTICALLY and today far better than the current system in the US. And that is not a matter of opinion but a fact.
(DIR) Post #AkIbeAa0HaUSIO23ma by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T19:46:04Z
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@rolle @canterberry @SemAntiKast Hmm. The only instance of universal healthcare being employed at a comparable scale that I know at least a little about is the healthcare system of #Canada. #China was mentioned earlier; does it provide a higher level of care than the #USA, in general?
(DIR) Post #AkIdUC6hwrvW2shUgK by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T20:06:38Z
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@canterberry @rolle @SemAntiKast I think what it would take is a first world nation of equal, similar or comparable scale employing universal healthcare, with better health outcomes and lower wait times than what we see now in the #USA. Even a country as small as #Canada could be used as an example.
(DIR) Post #AkIdUJFpNMNgDC1NMu by realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social
2024-07-25T20:06:42Z
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@canterberry @rolle @SemAntiKast We do see it work reasonably well in smaller countries in #Europe, so I wouldn't be opposed to universal state-run healthcare, but I'm unconvinced that it works well at scale due to a lack of positive examples.
(DIR) Post #AkIpxx2riCZPT8rJVw by rolle@mementomori.social
2024-07-25T22:26:26Z
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@realcaseyrollins @canterberry @SemAntiKast "due to a lack of positive examples"Ok I'm done here... 😅
(DIR) Post #AkJckkpkhLsXaL3usK by SemAntiKast@openbiblio.social
2024-07-26T07:33:06Z
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@realcaseyrollins @Linza @rolle But have you started thinking? Will you vote blue?