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You've made my point. It may not incur a personal cost at the time of use, but it incurs a cost regardless.

I have no problem understanding, I am the subject of the article. I have medical debt, and I would prefer a public healthcare system to one that charges consumers thousands for a single ambulance ride.

They call it public or socialized healthcare in nations where it is instituted. There is no such thing as "free healthcare" because workers need to be paid and supplies need to be purchased. Many conservatives will conflate "free" with "undeserved". And yes, personal transport costs add up when you are in that state and every dollar counts. It is deceptive to call something free when it actually costs a lot of money.

It's not extremist nor lunacy if your people are being killed and your own backyard is being poisoned. It is standing up for your rights as a human being. Revolution has time and time again been the way our societies evolve. If the American Revolution taught us anything, it's that our people can rise against their rulers and succeed.

Direct this rage in a productive manner. There is environmental progress in reform, but it will not change the core power dynamic. The police kill and enslave with impunity, corporations will destroy the lands and waters we rely on for food and sustenance. How can we eat if our lands are destroyed for profit? Revolution will bring our societies together and halt the destruction of our planet.

Right, just pointing out that the media often uses the term "free" when referring to public programs that workers pay for with their tax dollars. It is deceptive.

And how "free" is it when we pay the taxes for it? Public healthcare is a term that is less likely to trigger red flags, pun intended, in the minds of conservatives who react to "free" or "socialized".

Here in the USA, slavery is still legal under case of incarceration. In Florida, Texas, and Louisianna, prisoners are forced to work without pay. In other states, you are charged "prison rent" that is magnitudes higher than you could ever make working per day.

As it has always been, this prison slavery system generates massive profits for the companies that use it, such as Amazon and Walmart. If you are a free worker, it is likely you will be shouldered with student loan and medical debt. Not to mention the debt accrued when financing a home.

Our nation was built on free labor, slavery is one of the driving factors of American economic success. Yet the workers do not enjoy first world rights and living conditions, it makes you think about the efficiencies of such an economic system.