Trump’s threats to Canada are not idle boasts and shouldn’t be taken as such. They call for a whole of society response.

  • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    We’re also underestimating how much Americans pay for insurance every month. It’s like a whole second rent. Which I guess we pay through higher taxation but then again, we don’t have to worry about setting up a gofundme if we get sick. Not to mention the secondary effects of this precarity: the whole premise of Breaking Bad for example doesn’t make sense in Canada.

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      15 hours ago

      Yeah so much of American culture is influenced by their terrible healthcare. Feelgood stories about people pooling together their money to help someone with their medical bills. It making sense to sue a family member for being injured in their house because it’ll mean their insurance will cover the medical bills.

      It’s really insane.