• Jim_Just_Jim@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      If it were exclusively the “Republican way” then this issue could have been resolved at several inflection points throughout US history.

      It’s not a problem exclusive to any political party. It’s a problem because people like money. That’s the end of it. Politicians invest in corporations. Lobbyists provide kickbacks to politicians. Politicians bias their legislation to ensure maximum personal profit.

      To isolate this issue to any particular political party or orientation is to perpetuate it.

      Blame all of them. And vote accordingly.

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        Most Democrat politicians are conservatives by every international standard. They are often called neoliberals.

        The reason we have a corporatocracy and do not have a legitimate healthcare system is because of conservatives, many of whom are Democrat neoliberals, unfortunately. We don’t have a progressive party. We have a conservative party and a more conservative party.

        We need progressive minded non-politicians to say “fuck it” and run for office. If Boebert, Gomert, and Santos can do it, literally ANYONE can.

        Looking for work? Run for office. The less of a politician and more of an honest progressive you are, the more needed you are! Do it! Do it now!

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        We act like these politicians are not friendly with each other regardless of D or R. Like they aren’t getting together in DC bars just like we do after work and joking around about the bills they blocked today or the votes they were able to get. They don’t care. They’re all on the same side they just have to appease different groups of people at home.

        We have a long way to go, man.

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        9 months ago

        He was appointed to positions by Pence in Indiana and then Trump, but he has kept his public life to being about a doctor and not politics. Overall he was possibly the most respectable member of the Trump administration.

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      9 months ago

      Sometimes, it still doesn’t hit them though. They’ll get a $20,000 bill and say “thank God I don’t live in Canada or this would be even worse!”

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        “In shithole countries like Europe I’d just have died! Probably still waiting to see the doctor!”