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How long until we tackle the various conflicts of interest throughout our medical, financial, and legal systems?

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dont worry. Canada is fast tracking its way to deleting its free health care.

[–] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Because the Conservative party has been in power for over a decade.

The NHS is a relatively large expense for the taxpayer so it upsets the "MORE TAX BAD" crowd and the poor exploitation opportunities inherent in a newly private healthcare sector excite the rich arsehole that are likely to be Conservative party donors.

I don't think it's a risk in the short term because it would be general election suicide but it's been boiling away under the surface the entire time.

[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well look at US, there is insane amount of money to be made if you ignore the wellbeing of your citizens.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] zik@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Australia's not far behind

[–] Beryl@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Same in France

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You don't understand - that would divert money AWAY from the richest and what's the point in that? There's enough prey for the rich that you don't have to worry about keeping them healthy (as long as nobody's allowed to teach them about birth control anyway).

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also from waging war in remote countries

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

We prefer the term "bring freedom and democracy" over "feeding foreigners and the poor to the arms industry", thank you.

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How long until we don't have the fascist party stopping any progress?

[–] Beelzebob@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

At the rate we're going? Never.

Both mainstream political parties in the US state are fascist in their relationship to capital and empire. We need our own organizations separate from the state that meet our needs and cannot be bought out.