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IMHO it’s not so much that they prefer the existing system as it is that they fear the unknown. No matter how bad their existing coverage is, they worry that so
by smacktoward 7y ago
IMHO it’s not so much that they prefer the existing system as it is that they fear the unknown. No matter how bad their existing coverage is, they worry that some replacement would be even worse. It’s a downstream consequence of the collapse of faith in our institutions - as bad as things are, nobody trusts Congress to be able to design anything better. So they cling fearfully to whatever they’ve got.
The Devil you know, etc.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoI am unsure how you cultivate courage and compassion at scale, but we have never needed it more as a society. Somehow we must get from "I've got mine, f___ you" to "I've got mine, how can I help you?" Otherwise, ruin awaits us.
- sagarm 7y agoThere's plenty of evidence that single payer polls better than Sanders. Maybe a candidate without his baggage can get it done.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoNo other such candidate exists at this time. EDIT: We're going to have to keep waiting for older politicians and voters to age out of the system before meaningful policy progress can be made. Sanders is the best candidate if you value single payer. "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after exhausting all other options." -- Churchill
- munk-a 7y agoNo such candidate could exist - Sanders' only baggage is being described as a socialist, they haven't dug up any moral failings or flip flopping or other BS rationales. Any candidate that embraces Medicare for All will instantly be branded a socialist by the MSM and be in exactly the same spot, but may lack the honesty and integrity that Sanders has cultivated.
- mitchdoogle 7y agoWhat baggage? The label of 'democratic socialist'? No Presidential candidate in recent memory has been as devoid of scandal as Bernie Sanders.