it's probably gonna be the latter. there's inevitably gonna be a point where enough people will say they've had enough, and I think we're approaching it.They either have a plan to ensure control of the population outright, or they all want to die in revolutionary fire. Frankly, I hope the latter.
It's why, barring some seismic political upheaval, we'll never have universal health care or universal basic income in the US: the crony capitalists here won't allow it because they need to keep the rest of us busy fighting over their paltry table scraps.If the poor are too desperate to do anything but toil away under the thumb of capitalism, the rich win.
If the poor are too desperate to do anything but toil away under the thumb of capitalism, the rich win.
Especially, in the case of health care, when so many of them are rich because of our horrible health care system.It's why, barring some seismic political upheaval, we'll never have universal health care or universal basic income in the US: the crony capitalists here won't allow it because they need to keep the rest of us busy fighting over their paltry table scraps.
I always wanted the US to have an integrated health system like ours*, but honestly I don’t think that will ever happen either. Without the US splitting into two or more successor nations, which looks increasingly likely. Or at least that seems more likely than the US getting even a very weak, basic healthcare system.It's why, barring some seismic political upheaval, we'll never have universal health care or universal basic income in the US: the crony capitalists here won't allow it because they need to keep the rest of us busy fighting over their paltry table scraps.
I'm really sick of conservative white American guys complaining about the MCU "pandering" to women and minorities. They literally gave you a white dude named Captain America, ffs. You really need to STFU about "pandering".
PS. Remember in "Avengers", when Cap said "There's only one God" and all the conservatives cheered as if Team Jesus just hit a Grand Slam home run? You weren't upset about "pandering" then, were you?
Well, to be fair. Here is a female storyteller's analysis of how Carol Danvers was written with her sole defining personality trait "strong FEMALE" compared to Natasha Romanoff who was written as "complex conflicted charater (female)".FB friend:
I've been thinking back on Steve King's "We can't restore our civilization with someone else's babies" tweet lately...they want ALL contraceptives gone.
* I still remember watching the episode of The Simpsons where Homer has a heart attack and can’t afford a bypass operation, back in my early teens (whenever the BBC2 belatedly got the rights to the show). That really shaped my political views at that age; until then I didn’t even know of the concept of financial hardship due to medical expenses, having grown up with the British NHS.