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minus-squareAbsurdly Stupid @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·edit-22 days ago OH SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH YOUR “FINITE” RESOURCES BULLSHIT. No matter how much you scream, it will still be true. You can’t yell and curse it away. Money is finite, even if we made it up. Everyone can’t have everything.
minus-squareGirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoYour argument rests upon the inaccurate assumption that because things are what they are, that it is inevitable that they will stay the same.
minus-squareDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoAmazing how a supposedly finite resource can be printed on a whim at the convenience of specific class of people.
minus-squareMareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·23 hours agoSo there is no reason, why all 300 million people in America shouldn’t get this treatment right now, in case they have cancer? All at once preferably.
minus-squareDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoIf a DOCTOR (key word) diagnosis you with cancer, then YES. Otherwise, no your time would be better spent doing something else. May I suggest a hobby? Perhaps building strawmen?
minus-squareMareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoNgl, the strawman joke was pretty funny.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoYou’re missing the point; everyone can have health care.
No matter how much you scream, it will still be true. You can’t yell and curse it away.
Money is finite, even if we made it up. Everyone can’t have everything.
Your argument rests upon the inaccurate assumption that because things are what they are, that it is inevitable that they will stay the same.
Amazing how a supposedly finite resource can be printed on a whim at the convenience of specific class of people.
So there is no reason, why all 300 million people in America shouldn’t get this treatment right now, in case they have cancer? All at once preferably.
If a DOCTOR (key word) diagnosis you with cancer, then YES. Otherwise, no your time would be better spent doing something else. May I suggest a hobby? Perhaps building strawmen?
Ngl, the strawman joke was pretty funny.
You’re missing the point; everyone can have health care.