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It’s not a fantasy. It’s how the world worked up until…

…75 years ago or so.

As you said, most developed nations have since adopted socialized medicine, which they can neither afford nor implement efficiently, so they are running massive deficits while importing third-worlders to pick up the tab, all while quality of care declines. So, yeah, if you like higher crime, higher deficits, rationed care and the loss of your culture, socialized medicine is the way to go.

Your only alternative is to let the free market work its magic, but all that does is create miracles like Amazon, Google and your local supermarket. Who would want garbage like that fucking up our hyper-efficient healthcare system?

(In response to this post by Seattle .Hoo)

Posted: 10/17/2023 at 10:42PM

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