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The reason we don’t have universal healthcare is mostly racism and male supremacy. Racist white people dont want anyone with dark skin getting a “free ride”.
by fallingfrog 8y ago
The reason we don’t have universal healthcare is mostly racism and male supremacy. Racist white people dont want anyone with dark skin getting a “free ride”. And, supporters of patriarchy don’t want their stay-at-home wives to be able to get healthcare without going through them because it undermines the husband’s power and control. They will use the language of “personal responsibility” or “free markets” to describe it, but the same people who don’t want universal healthcare also wave confederate flags and think that a woman’s place is in the home.
- fallingfrog 8y agoI was expecting to get downvoted for this, but it’s still true. In countries where women can get free childcare and free healthcare, they have more power. American men deeply fear this. In the end, like everything else, it’s all about power- who has it, who doesn’t. Big healthcare also makes a killing on the situation, but here in the states conservatives have always been willing to make the devils bargain of allying themselves with the ruling class in order to preserve white supremacy and male supremacy. It’s true no matter how many downvotes I get.