Hello, Canadians of Lemmy! Down in the USA there is a lot of conflicting information regarding the efficacy of y’alls healthcare systems. Without revealing my personal bias, I was hoping for some anecdotes or summaries from those whom actually live there.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    1 year ago

    In the us it's a pretty standard strategy for the right wing to underfund or sabotage a program, say government doesn't work, and then try to privatize it.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      It's not "the right-wing," it's the Parties of Capital. Find a government service that turns a profit and people like. Whine about "the deficit," make "hard-choices," and underfund it while giving more and more money to your donor's in the form of carve-outs. Eventually the service starts to suck and people start to hate it, now you can swoop in and privatize it.

      A pro-tip to detect this behavior is to see who is talking about the deficit, when that talk comes up it means there are services they want to cut.