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Well, that gets us into the question of the influence of money on American politics. The incumbent players make a ton of money from the current system, and they
by dgacmu 2y ago
Well, that gets us into the question of the influence of money on American politics. The incumbent players make a ton of money from the current system, and they use a lot of that money to lobby to maintain the system, and the system is responsive to their money. Made worse by Citizens United, but it's been a problem for a long time.
Combine this with a distrust of government that is encouraged by many of those same interests and you have, well, us.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoVoters still control the ballot box, and have rejected single payer propositions. When polled, they say they want healthcare reform, but hate every option when they are described to them.
- dgacmu 2y agoYeah. There's a lot of fear-based marketing aimed at getting people to reject single-payer. It seems effective. A lot of our voting seems to suffer from the "but it won't happen to me" fallacy, whether that be about health care and medical debt, conditions in jails, climate change, social services, etc. with the irony being that it often happens to most people in the long run.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoOften times that is true. Most people dont end up in jail, with medial debt, and reliant social services, ect.