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>yeah the hostility started recently with trump and his ilk - fighting for nationalism of a bygone era. It definitely didn't start with Trump, it just became p

by krapp 3mo ago

>yeah the hostility started recently with trump and his ilk - fighting for nationalism of a bygone era. It definitely didn't start with Trump, it just became policy under him. Trump would never have had a chance if Americans didn't already blame immigrants for the effects of neoliberalism rather than the billionaires who put it into practice, and if the rural white populace weren't already afraid losing the cultural power of their demographic majority and identity. People forget how much of a joke candidate he was until racists took him seriously. >if you can afford it - the US has excellent healthcare If you can afford it, anywhere has excellent healthcare.

vladvasiliu 3mo ago
> If you can afford it, anywhere has excellent healthcare. I don't think so, judging by the many heads of state and other filthy rich people choosing to get healthcare in the West instead of their local countries.
FeloniousHam 3mo ago
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- _DeadFred_ 3mo ago
  "estimates suggest that inability to afford costs of medical care contributes to at least 530,000 personal bankruptcy filings annually. Approximately two-thirds of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are associated with medical expenses or illness-related loss of work." https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2026/04/05/increasing-burdens-of-medical-debt-and-bankruptcy-are-uniquely-american/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2026/04/05/increasi...
  - FeloniousHam 3mo ago
    Dig deeper into the expansive definition that led to that "2/3rds".
- danaris 3mo ago
  If you want to provide new information into a conversation, source the damn information yourself. Don't tell us hallucinations.
  - FeloniousHam 3mo ago
    from teh AI sources: https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/ https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-... https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/releases/20250624.html https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/releases/20250624.html
atmavatar 3mo ago
> Trump would never have had a chance if Americans didn't already blame immigrants for the effects of neoliberalism rather than the billionaires who put it into practice That's by design. The billionaires who own the media conglomerates have spent decades airing propaganda to that effect, as well as perpetuating the myth that anyone can become wealthy if they just work hard enough, with the implicit contra-positive being that the poor are poor because they are lazy, thus deserving their poverty.
- krapp 3mo ago
  Yep. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - Lyndon B. Johnson

by krapp 3mo ago

vladvasiliu 3mo ago

> If you can afford it, anywhere has excellent healthcare. I don't think so, judging by the many heads of state and other filthy rich people choosing to get healthcare in the West instead of their local countries.

FeloniousHam 3mo ago

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_DeadFred_ 3mo ago
"estimates suggest that inability to afford costs of medical care contributes to at least 530,000 personal bankruptcy filings annually. Approximately two-thirds of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are associated with medical expenses or illness-related loss of work." https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2026/04/05/increasing-burdens-of-medical-debt-and-bankruptcy-are-uniquely-american/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2026/04/05/increasi...
- FeloniousHam 3mo ago
  Dig deeper into the expansive definition that led to that "2/3rds".
danaris 3mo ago
If you want to provide new information into a conversation, source the damn information yourself. Don't tell us hallucinations.
- FeloniousHam 3mo ago
  from teh AI sources: https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/ https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-... https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/releases/20250624.html https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/releases/20250624.html

atmavatar 3mo ago

> Trump would never have had a chance if Americans didn't already blame immigrants for the effects of neoliberalism rather than the billionaires who put it into practice That's by design. The billionaires who own the media conglomerates have spent decades airing propaganda to that effect, as well as perpetuating the myth that anyone can become wealthy if they just work hard enough, with the implicit contra-positive being that the poor are poor because they are lazy, thus deserving their poverty.

krapp 3mo ago
Yep. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - Lyndon B. Johnson