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This shouldnt be necessary
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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The cognitive dissonance in media disgusts me. This bright sliding is so stupid it hurts. Do US-americans actually see this as "good news" and be like "oh that's so wholesome!"? They can't be all this simple.
It is good news in the sense that someone is in trouble and they are helping him when they didn't have to.
The circumstances of how he is in trouble are a separate issue and one that I find so strange for a supposedly civilised nation to have.
But you guys keep voting for republicans and choosing undemocratic corporate rule over elected government rule.
Why is it seen as preferable to allow a greedy corporation you can't get rid of to have more power over you than the government you can (supposedly) vote out?
Well when we gave the Democrats a shper majority 16 years ago, they decided to go with the Republican healthcare plan instead of the single layer system they had been pushing for in the 80's and 90's.