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Impossible choice (discuss.online)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Thats why i said it is "slightly left". everyone left wing will agree with you that a single payer health care system would be preferable to the status quo.

I do not see the moderates/right wing advocating for universal health care in the US, because the establishment does not give a fuck about the health of the common people. Therefore this is a left-wing position in the US, while it might not be an identifier for being left wing in other nations.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    The US does not have a left-wing.

    I can think of Bernie Sanders, that is a left moderate. But he is really an exception.

    because the establishment does not give a fuck about the health of the common people

    And that's a radical position. It's not even radical on the individualist-socialist spectrum, it's completely out of it.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I agree that this position is "out-of-bounds" radical, making the US just as hostile to the welfare of common people as Russia (best example from the last days: shooting down a drone passing over a densely populated beach instead of a mile further inland causing 7 dead and around 20 wounded civvies, and then abusing the pain and loss of these people to run anti-Ukraine propaganda)

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