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Rachel C's avatar

I have been saying a version of this for months now. But the Black Box didn’t occur to me. I thought they would just put the money into their own pockets. They are actively trying to get many of us to die. I sound like an alarmist when I say this to others and I am glad you put it out there so clearly. Thanks👹

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Randy S. Eisenberg's avatar

This goes back a bit, maybe it was part of the early ACA struggles but someone said the Republican healthcare plan was for the rest of us to “get sick and die”. Doesn’t seemed to have changed much.

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Robert Reed's avatar

I have suspected this for a long time, especially with Trump in charge. He has no regard for life.

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Ellen Zucker's avatar

Even before Trump we had the problem of unfair claim denials by health insurers forcing sick people to fight for the care they need at a time they are least able.

Only this time it is Trump and his minions laying down the gauntlet.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Well, half the US went the way of the Darwin, so yeah.

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Audrey Peterman's avatar

Musk told us (because he can’t help himself) “Empathy is the flaw in Western Civilization.”. and, “ By 2040, there’ll be about the same number of people as robots.” Curtis Yarvin says “ turn the ‘unproductive into biofuel to run muni buses.”

We are at the precipice where tech autocrats wants to take down our humanity and only people like them survive.

So thank you @jackhopkins for

“The truth is simpler: every great rescue of a democracy starts with ordinary people who refused to play dead.”

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