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Oh, how the Socialists have been laid low. Once, they promised utopia. Now... they're pretty sure they can make cheap insulin. I wish them luck, but I won't ho

Oh, how the Socialists have been laid low. Once, they promised utopia. Now... they're pretty sure they can make cheap insulin. I wish them luck, but I won't hold my breath.

pastacacioepepe 4y ago
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- msla 4y ago
  No country in Europe is Socialist. They're examples of the Welfare State, which was created to deflate Socialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck > A master of complex politics at home, Bismarck created the first welfare state in the modern world, with the goal of gaining working class support that might otherwise go to his socialist opponents.
  - pastacacioepepe 4y ago
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    - dang 4y ago
      It looks like your account has been using HN primarily for political and ideological battle. Could you please stop? It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, so we end up having to ban accounts that do this—regardless of which ideology they're for or against. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- marcusverus 4y ago
  In the US (a nation of 320,000,000 people), around 5 people per year die from this[0]. On the list of causes of death that need attention, this one is considerably lower than lightning strikes (which kill ~20 per year)[1]. Is it a problem? Sure. Is it an argument for reorganizing our economy? Hardly. [0] https://rightcarealliance.org/activities/insulin/ https://rightcarealliance.org/activities/insulin/ [1] https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-lightning#:~:text=In%202020%20there%20were%2017,strikes%20in%20the%20United%20States https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-lightnin....

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Oh, how the Socialists have been laid low. Once, they promised utopia. Now... they're pretty sure they can make cheap insulin. I wish them luck, but I won't ho

by marcusverus 4y ago

Oh, how the Socialists have been laid low. Once, they promised utopia. Now... they're pretty sure they can make cheap insulin. I wish them luck, but I won't hold my breath.

pastacacioepepe 4y ago
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- msla 4y ago
  No country in Europe is Socialist. They're examples of the Welfare State, which was created to deflate Socialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck > A master of complex politics at home, Bismarck created the first welfare state in the modern world, with the goal of gaining working class support that might otherwise go to his socialist opponents.
  - pastacacioepepe 4y ago
    [flagged]
    - dang 4y ago
      It looks like your account has been using HN primarily for political and ideological battle. Could you please stop? It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, so we end up having to ban accounts that do this—regardless of which ideology they're for or against. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- marcusverus 4y ago
  In the US (a nation of 320,000,000 people), around 5 people per year die from this[0]. On the list of causes of death that need attention, this one is considerably lower than lightning strikes (which kill ~20 per year)[1]. Is it a problem? Sure. Is it an argument for reorganizing our economy? Hardly. [0] https://rightcarealliance.org/activities/insulin/ https://rightcarealliance.org/activities/insulin/ [1] https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-lightning#:~:text=In%202020%20there%20were%2017,strikes%20in%20the%20United%20States https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-lightnin....