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Re:Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 fo... by kaba0 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:44AM (#26851112)
I don’t think they are mainstream, but education and healthcare is absolutely free in most of Europe, and I think it is not that controversial of a take that everyone has to live somewhere, so some form of social net/not letting arbitrarily increasing rent would be beneficial to society.
Re:Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 fo... by EdwinLarkin on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:57AM (#26851156)
That's such a ridiculous take on it.Have you actually used that "free healthcare in Europe"? It sucks ass.

I get better healthcare in South Korea that is both cheaper and more effective than in Germany or Austria.

Re:Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 fo... by sldksk on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:22AM (#26851265)
On many accounts, it is better than most paid healthcare in the US and it’s objectively better than no healthcare at all, which is what many US residents are left with. But most importantly even the paid healthcare in Europe depends on the infrastructure and industry upheld by the free healthcare.
Re:Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 fo... by anoncake on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:03AM (#26851187)
If you got healthcare that's cheaper than free, you probably donated a kidney.
Re:Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 fo... by kaba0 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:53AM (#26851413)
Yes, I live here. Have YOU used it? Some poorer countries in Europe may have worse healthcare, but it usually has more to do with corrupt government not spending enough on it (but instead on fking stadiums...), and the much much better paycheck on the west (that is west Europe) causing massive migration of educated workforce throughout the years.

What objective problem can you bring up? Wait time is propaganda, not worse than in the US. Private healthcare is simply immoral and barbaric, a constant, externally determined demand for something should not be exploited. And one nation level insurance is the cheapest and best way for everyone (other than the billionaires owning private healthcare facilities and insurances)

Re:Cuomo and Schmidt push to cap price of internet to $15 fo... by EdwinLarkin on Sunday April 18, 2021 @08:51AM (#26851972)
You live here? So do I. Wait time is not propaganda.It's real. I can get any type of healthcare service in SK without even thinking about it.

>Private healthcare is simply immoral and barbaric, a constant, externally determined demand for something should not be exploited.

Except you are talking worst case scenario "The US".SK's healthcare is not completely private owned.Quite the opposite actually.

And yet...it's both cheaper and much more efficient than anything in Europe.