Medbeds are just a way for conservatives to fantasize about universal healthcare without being called "socialist."

It's a permission structure, an outlet for that unspeakable desire to see a world where the reaction to a person being sick is the very obvious thing: help them, help them get better, do it now.

@futurebird It was also the primary plot point in the movie Elysium.

Maybe these people were watching those movies while high or sick and somehow thought that they were documentaries.

@starluna @futurebird I am particularly struck by how many right wingers clearly saw some dystopian sci-fi at some point and said, "Ohhhh, I want that!"

@ChuckMcManis @starluna

I mean I think the motorbikes from mad max are really cute but that’s about as far as that goes. (would like to drive the apocalypse bike around the not apocalyptic nyc please)🙏