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New Political Compass just Dropped (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Luigi was from a life of privilege, parents likely firmly in the 1%, and was incredibly well educated in a high paying field.

He had to deal with the American Healthcare system on what was likely the worst possible plan (he read Any Rand) for one injury in 20s and threw his entire life away to merc a single CEO.

I fail to see how these 2 statements are true, if his parents/family were part of the 1% why would he simply not pay for his medical costs out of pocket?

Maybe if his parents had cut him off in some way, but from what I've seen of the publicly released stuff he seems to be the "good son" so I can't see why they would

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Got news for you, the top 1% != the top 0.1%. Honestly I’ve used “is someone rich?” If they can shrug off any medical bill and not have to change their quality of life. There are literally bills that are 5-7 digits which even someone in the top 1% can’t handle. Hell I’m technically in the top 6% and if I got cancer or another rare illness, my finances would be straight up fucked.

So, though those people may seem well off to the “average” person. We’re all in the same boat unless super rich.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

if his parents/family were part of the 1% why would he simply not pay for his medical costs out of pocket?

At 26 you're on your own insurance and he was a right wing tech bro, it's a safe assumption he had the cheapest insurance, got hurt and bailed out, then got the "good" insurance and found out it's shit too.

He had major back surgery and then other shit, it could have went over a million, and the wealthy stay wealthy for generations by understanding wealth is finite. At a certain point they may have cut him off for deductibles and/or insurance capped out.

He could just be pissed Doctor's won't investigate the issue, because insurance told them not to.

There's a lot of reasons to be pissed at insurance, and a lot of reasons health issues bankrupt even well off families.