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> Expecting people to just put up with pharmacy deserts or move, is a pretty hostile and careless position. What other option is there? They won’t vote for a g

> Expecting people to just put up with pharmacy deserts or move, is a pretty hostile and careless position. What other option is there? They won’t vote for a government solution. Can’t have socialism forcing a pharmacy to exist where the market says it can’t. The idea that moving into town, or the next town over, is going to mean giving up your family and friends seems overstated. Everyone I know in the sticks has some family that’s an hour away because they married or got a job.

0xbadcafebee 2y ago
Is everyone supposed to move a town over? Two towns, three? Is there housing for that? Services? Jobs? Or are we also expecting some kind of magic pixie dust to pick all these people up and move them all and everything be okay? And how does voting solve the problem? Who's putting what propositions forward? How does voting magically solve tax shortfalls, a lack of capital, deficits, state-wide or nation-wide political bullshit? How does voting create pharmacies, much less bring in people to staff them? The point isn't that there's an easy solution. The point is, saying "just move" is as ridiculous and unrealistic as "just change our economic structure". There is no easy solution. But that also doesn't mean we should abandon our people because we don't want to deal with hard problems.
- relaxing 2y ago
  > Is everyone supposed to move a town over? No, only the people who want to. The people who want rugged individualism stay rugged. > And how does voting solve the problem? They vote in representatives who will enact change through federal, state, and local governments. There probably aren’t many candidates like that currently because the electorate demands candidates far to the right of that, but that could change. > But that also doesn't mean we should abandon our people because we don't want to deal with hard problems. Who’s abandoning them? They asked for small government and unchecked corporate power. Everyone on the left wants to deal with these hard problems, but you can’t force it on them.
piva00 2y ago
> Can’t have socialism forcing a pharmacy to exist where the market says it can’t. Strange that small towns (500-5000) in Brazil are able to have a pharmacy, same in many countries in Europe, just found this one in Portugal in a town of 600 people: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fnFZMFtU3ZqbBAVk8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/fnFZMFtU3ZqbBAVk8 Perhaps the over-reliance on massive corporations like Walmart, CVS, Walgrens, etc. instead of small shops owned by private individuals is not really very good for society to fill in basic needs like groceries, medicine, etc. where "the market says it can't".

0xbadcafebee 2y ago

Is everyone supposed to move a town over? Two towns, three? Is there housing for that? Services? Jobs? Or are we also expecting some kind of magic pixie dust to pick all these people up and move them all and everything be okay? And how does voting solve the problem? Who's putting what propositions forward? How does voting magically solve tax shortfalls, a lack of capital, deficits, state-wide or nation-wide political bullshit? How does voting create pharmacies, much less bring in people to staff them? The point isn't that there's an easy solution. The point is, saying "just move" is as ridiculous and unrealistic as "just change our economic structure". There is no easy solution. But that also doesn't mean we should abandon our people because we don't want to deal with hard problems.

relaxing 2y ago
> Is everyone supposed to move a town over? No, only the people who want to. The people who want rugged individualism stay rugged. > And how does voting solve the problem? They vote in representatives who will enact change through federal, state, and local governments. There probably aren’t many candidates like that currently because the electorate demands candidates far to the right of that, but that could change. > But that also doesn't mean we should abandon our people because we don't want to deal with hard problems. Who’s abandoning them? They asked for small government and unchecked corporate power. Everyone on the left wants to deal with these hard problems, but you can’t force it on them.

piva00 2y ago

> Can’t have socialism forcing a pharmacy to exist where the market says it can’t. Strange that small towns (500-5000) in Brazil are able to have a pharmacy, same in many countries in Europe, just found this one in Portugal in a town of 600 people: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fnFZMFtU3ZqbBAVk8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/fnFZMFtU3ZqbBAVk8 Perhaps the over-reliance on massive corporations like Walmart, CVS, Walgrens, etc. instead of small shops owned by private individuals is not really very good for society to fill in basic needs like groceries, medicine, etc. where "the market says it can't".