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So Gofundme is our new healthcare system?

myrryr 10y ago
In part, yes. Before this it was things like it - family, friends, church groups, etc
toomuchtodo 10y ago
Ready for some despair? https://www.gofundme.com/cancer-fundraising https://www.gofundme.com/cancer-fundraising 228515 results found for Cancer https://www.gofundme.com/breast-cancer-fundraising https://www.gofundme.com/breast-cancer-fundraising 8385 results found for Breast Cancer https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=Leukemia https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=... 10193 results found for Leukemia https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=Lymphoma https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=... 7759 results found for Lymphoma https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=Health+Insurance https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=... 32333 results found for Health Insurance
- ashark 10y ago
  With fair regularity I notice something that, if I shift my perspective just a tiny bit outside the one I've been encouraged to use, reminds me that we kind-of live in a horrible 80s sci-fi dystopia, just with a sleeker aesthetic and way fewer(!) rebels/"hackers" living the free life and fighting The Man. This time I didn't even need to shift my perspective.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    Same here... I stay close enough to those hit hard by dystopia to see it regularly, though. It doesn't leave me. A young person recently even asked if I read 1984. I told him about things that have come to pass since I did. I said the weirdest things to me are little things that should make it obvious: tons of propaganda in media plus TV's and watches that track us constantly. People still embrace them willingly. (sighs)
  - astrodust 10y ago
    Marshal McLuhan predicted this, that the ultimate television show would be one where people spill their guts to the public and the audience decides their fate. The only thing missing is commercial breaks.
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diogenescynic 10y ago
People crowdfunding their healthcare is one of the most depressing, if not the most depressing, aspect of "healthcare" in America. It's dystopian that the richest country can't even take care of its citizens and cares more about its military.
- fapjacks 10y ago
  Yes, but wow, what a military it is!

In part, yes. Before this it was things like it - family, friends, church groups, etc

Ready for some despair? https://www.gofundme.com/cancer-fundraising https://www.gofundme.com/cancer-fundraising 228515 results found for Cancer https://www.gofundme.com/breast-cancer-fundraising https://www.gofundme.com/breast-cancer-fundraising 8385 results found for Breast Cancer https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=Leukemia https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=... 10193 results found for Leukemia https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=Lymphoma https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=... 7759 results found for Lymphoma https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=Health+Insurance https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&cat=11&term=... 32333 results found for Health Insurance

ashark 10y ago
With fair regularity I notice something that, if I shift my perspective just a tiny bit outside the one I've been encouraged to use, reminds me that we kind-of live in a horrible 80s sci-fi dystopia, just with a sleeker aesthetic and way fewer(!) rebels/"hackers" living the free life and fighting The Man. This time I didn't even need to shift my perspective.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Same here... I stay close enough to those hit hard by dystopia to see it regularly, though. It doesn't leave me. A young person recently even asked if I read 1984. I told him about things that have come to pass since I did. I said the weirdest things to me are little things that should make it obvious: tons of propaganda in media plus TV's and watches that track us constantly. People still embrace them willingly. (sighs)
- astrodust 10y ago
  Marshal McLuhan predicted this, that the ultimate television show would be one where people spill their guts to the public and the audience decides their fate. The only thing missing is commercial breaks.

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diogenescynic 10y ago

People crowdfunding their healthcare is one of the most depressing, if not the most depressing, aspect of "healthcare" in America. It's dystopian that the richest country can't even take care of its citizens and cares more about its military.

fapjacks 10y ago
Yes, but wow, what a military it is!