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  1. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Being on the older side mostly doesn't prevent people from getting information.
    The point about being interested though - that's the key point that I've been trying to make. People should be interested.

    My point was just that if you can get information, so can other people. If they are interested.

    And what would these 'false narratives' be exactly? That people should vote if they want to change things?

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  2. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yes, so? How does that negate my point that people are failing their duty to get involved?

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  3. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Complaining isn't the same thing as trying.

    Complaining isn't the same thing as trying.

    And I'm saying we have the power to rip it away. Without violence.

    Getting a more charismatic candidate is a bit of a short-term solution, because it just reinforces the idea that voters don't need to pay any attention, just vote for whoever catches their eye.

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    Why be interested? Voting for Biden just gave us Trump again.

    Most people didn't notice much difference.

    I can't convince my kids to care about climate change because they don't believe there is anything they can do. They will vote for the right policies but it won't matter. Because so many others will not. And even of they did, the policies would just be half measures that the corporations who wrote the policy dressed up as climate friendly.

    This is how they have been conditioned their whole lives.
     
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    What we need is a more charismatic leader to help us change things long enough that we can start educating the population.

    No leader is going to solve everything.
     
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    And the the US spends as much TAX MONEY per capita on healthcare as Canada spends on ALL healthcare costs (public and private) per capita.

    And the US gets worse outcomes...

    For profit health insurance needs to go away.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I was literally thinking this yesterday.

    BuT SoCiAlIsM...

    Thank God I care about people. If you voted for Trump, you don't.

    That is a fact, not an opinion.
     
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    I don’t want to live here anymore… I can’t afford to leave.
     
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    Speaking of healthcare, don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back.

    Pretending Trump is somehow responsible for this, or democrats and any interest whatsoever in improving it is beyond delusional. It must be convenient to have a scapegoat for literally everything.
     
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    We got the Heritage Foundation derived Obamacare. Democrats and Republicans figure that's all we need. We should just feel lucky we have that.

    That's why any talk of anything better went away as soon as Bernie was no longer a threat.
     
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    “Accidentally”
     
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    You can be an expat somewhere. Costa Rica? Budapest? Auckland?
     
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  18. Chris Craig

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    Sharks.

    What good is healthcare insurance if you can't use it?
     
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    Oh for fuck's sake shut up and give them your money. Quit complaining, peasant.
     
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