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Re:In Poor, Rural Communities, Fleeing Hurricane Michael Was... by flukus on Friday October 12, 2018 @12:02AM (#18199113)
I'm an outsider looking in, but often you hear "America is simply to big and diverse" as an excuse to not do something every other developed country has done, like socialized medicine. If the country is that ungovernable then why hold it together?
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Re:In Poor, Rural Communities, Fleeing Hurricane Michael Was... by 8bitsrule on Friday October 12, 2018 @12:17AM (#18199176)
Truth be told, 'big and diverse' is actually a mild euphemism for something much darker. The medical situation is only a symptom. Look at US history before FDR... especially labor conditions. 'And crowned thy good with brotherhood' is only part of the picture.
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