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1. Perenti · 1790035653 · focus · HN ↗

   The hoops you poor Americans have to jump through to get affordable health care is ridiculous in what is presented as a developed nation.

   1. solfox · 1790036135 · focus · HN ↗

      The hoops are in place to ensure those at the top continue to get their take.
   2. bdangubic · 1790038979 · focus · HN ↗

      you said this as if we were developed nation :)
   3. expedition32 · 1790062866 · focus · HN ↗

      It is deliberate. Americans want the hoops because they hate poor people.

      1. stvltvs · 1790087994 · focus · HN ↗

         And we don't realize that we are the poor just because we can point to poorer people.
   4. Henchman21 · 1790123868 · focus · HN ↗

      We are a developed nation. Just not a civilized nation. It is incredibly disheartening if you live here to be knee deep in the spectacle. The hate just never ends.
   5. eli_gottlieb · 1790141488 · focus · HN ↗

      There's a saying that a developed country is not one in which the poor have cars, but in which the rich take public transit (because it's reliable, cheap, and high quality).

      We are not a developed country. We are a country that chooses to arrange our economy to give some people power over others, at the cost of overall wealth.

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