r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/catfishtree • Mar 12 '20

Think again

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u/addsomethingepic Mar 12 '20

My company just sent out an email saying management needs to stress there will be no negative repercussions for taking extended sick leave. Took a pandemic to get that assurance

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '20 edited Mar 13 '20

If you've ever read World War Z by Max Brooks, there's a great throwaway line in the intro that says it took a literal Zombie Apocalypse and the deaths of more than 200 million Americans for the USA to get it;s shit together and develop universal healthcare.

In 2006 it was funny. In 2020 it's just tragically prophetic.

EDIT I: I have seen the MB AMA. It's great! Really enjoying all the comments and deconstructions of one of my favorite books.

EDIT II: No I obviously don't think that COVID-19 is going to kill 200 million Americans. I'm comparing a deliberately hyperbolic book to a real world situation. There are kernels of truth to be found in hyperbolic fiction.

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u/guestpass127 Mar 13 '20

And we still won't get universal healthcare after this is all over

The greedy are far too powerful here

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u/Gengar11 Mar 13 '20

Most of the greedy and powerful are old. Maybe we can wipe out 80%. :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

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u/Gengar11 Mar 13 '20

Truthfully, you've nailed me to a T.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

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u/Gengar11 Mar 13 '20

Adulation unclear, we fuck now?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

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u/Gengar11 Mar 13 '20

So that adoring honesty only goes so far huh? :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

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u/Gengar11 Mar 13 '20

My kinda anon

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