HeavenlyPossumJul 2, 2023

45,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man experienced a crushing blow to the head that left him partially paralyzed for life, but his bones healed and he lived into his 30s or 40s, something only conceivably possible with the help of his community.

45,000 years ago.

But let’s pretend that 45,000 years later, we “can’t afford” universal healthcare.

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/shanidar-1

Shanidar 1

The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program
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@HeavenlyPossum Well, to be perfectly honest, we can't. Not as long as the current batch of congressional crooks are in office and nothing changes.
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The problem is systemic, not “the current batch.” There’s no elite constituency in the US for reducing public precarity to that extent.

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@HeavenlyPossum True, there isn't an elite constituency yet we still have a voting public. For now.
And the current batch of government miscreants and cretins need to be voted out of office.
Why? So the real work of repairing all of the damage which the past 50 or so politically inane years, up to and especially including present day, in which the "trickling down" on us along with the current insipid attacks has created, can begin.
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I’m not sure who you could plausibly vote in who would fix this problem. Obama had majorities in the house and senate and his crowning legislative achievement was a massive subsidy to medical insurers.

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@HeavenlyPossum Yeah. That is a huge dilemma. Who to vote for in the rich people's popularity contest.
Serious overhaul is needed throughout the entire system. It is frustrating but I guess we'll just have to make do with what we have and make small changes until we have a functional government, of the people, for the people and by the people once again and not the current lie to the people, fleece the people and ignore the people. It is a dream I would like to see happen in my remaining days.