• TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    Americans need to stop saying the Democrats want universal healthcare. They don’t and they’ve made that clear numerous times.

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        9 hours ago

        Obamacare, the multiple times in 2016, 2020, and 2024 when they were deciding on a platform and universal healthcare never made the cut. They’ve had plenty of opportunities to push it and they never do.

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          42 minutes ago

          Recently, you, Americans, made it crystal clear that campaigning on universal healthcare will not get you elected. Numerous times. Obamacare was the last time the word healthcare wasn’t a ticket to losertown. A bunch of progressives got this stupid idea that if you don’t vote, things will magically happen exactly as you want them to happen. Then they’re surprised that regressives vote their people in power and implement exactly what they want to implement.

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            I find that hard to believe. Universal healthcare is the most popular policy proposal in the US for the voters. 60+% of Americans support it.

            Also, there has been numerous studies done in the last 15 years that show that voting doesn’t get popular policies passed. If the rich want something, it is more likely to get passed whereas if the average voters want something, it is unlikely to get passed.

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          That’s because you’re political system is broken by lobbying. Fix that and you might start to see both parties make decisions for the people instead of the corporation’s and billionaires that give them both insane amounts of money. Money they need to stay elected.