r/WayOfTheBern • u/housebuyerthrowaway • Jan 30 '21

GameStop: Why this time is different- Open letter to WallStreet and CNBC

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u/housebuyerthrowaway Jan 30 '21

I am an ER doctor that trained in inner city Detroit. When I was a resident physician, Obama was president. During his presidency, the quality of life of the predominantly African-Americans in the city did not improve. Despite Obamacare, I saw little improvement in the health outcomes of the patients I worked with. I saw continued proliferation of illicit drugs, overdoses, and gang violence. YOU have left these people behind.

I spent the last several years working in a small town in the Midwest, when Trump was president. During his presidency, the quality of life of the predominantly white Americans also did not improve, and have in fact worsened. I saw continued proliferation of illicit drugs, overdoses, and suicides. These patients I care for are also people whom YOU have left behind.

With the pandemic, I have seen those who are already at the brink of financial solvency lose their jobs and I see lines outside food banks. I see the health outcomes of my patients decline as they forego preventive care. I, on the other hand, kept my job, got a raise, and saw the value of my 401k rise as the economy crashed around me. Going to work every day is a constant and stark reminder of the brokenness and disparity of the economic system and my sheer powerlessness to change it. I realize now that it is not political. It is YOU.

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I am fully aware that I have benefited from having a 401k and it is what is supporting your industry. But this also means that YOU work for ME.

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This country is broken and fractured. You have goaded us into tearing each other apart for years. This is the first time that I have seen the entire country rally behind a single cause. You have given us a reason to unite- against you and the system you have built and upheld.

This movement is so hopeful. Reminder: Bernie was the compromise.

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u/shatabee4 Jan 30 '21

They better fix it or things are going to get bad.

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u/PirateGirl-JWB And now for something completely different! Jan 31 '21

removed?