• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Just making a note that this:

    From the point of view of a society, it’s best for everybody to have access to treatment, and for everybody to kick in a little to a pool to pay for that treatment.

    Is 100% compatible with capitalism. Socialism is not when the government collects taxes and does things.

    • archomrade [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I just want to make sure I understand that you’re on the record for being in favor of single payer healthcare? Because your other posts seem to suggest you’d be against government “interference” with the market

    • @merc
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      01 year ago

      In theory, sure, it’s compatible with capitalism. In practice, unless the government forces young healthy people to pay into the pool, they won’t.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Government-paid healthcare is not socialism. Socialism and socialized costs are different things.

        • @merc
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          01 year ago

          Not really.