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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When the choice is die or be price gouged, people take the second option. Insurance likely pays this all in weird ways too. I'm sure some numbers were crunched to work out how many people they let die and how much more profit it'll make them.