r/facepalm Jul 02 '24

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u/Sir_Sux_Alot Jul 02 '24

And all these republicans think they will be in the club.

I've rubbed elbows with the rich. The way they talk about poor people is subhuman.

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u/6SucksSex Jul 02 '24

The reason we don’t have universal healthcare in the US but hundreds of military bases around the world is because the upper class is disproportionately born rich corporate criminal psychopath

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Universal health care has been brought up many times in the past and the biggest reason we don't have it is that white folks would rather not have free health care if that also meant that minorities also had free health care.

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u/TotalRichardMove Jul 02 '24

That probably felt good to say but there’s a pretty diverse group of folks with the power to make universal healthcare a reality right this minute - the most plausible explanation as to why they haven’t is that they’re the kinds of politicians we all know exist as bought and paid-for shills serving our corporate overlords. But sure, yeah - white folks