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politics
What gets me is, like many of you, my parents also tend to vote right. My mother in particular didn't particularly like the carrotface but voted for him anyway because she hated H so much.
All the anti-low-income shit is affecting her negatively too, but she keeps supporting it because it enables her racism.
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Sorry about all that personal ranting. I don't mean to say that I don't care at all anymore, because I'm selfish and it doesn't directly affect me.
I'm legit worried for the rest of y'all. Just I've been worried for a very long time. I wish I could join the fight with the same fresh enthusiasm others have, but I'm tired.
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I don't think I'm asking for a handout here either. As the saying goes, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The whole country benefits from having a healthy population of workers, consumers, etc. Even from a capitalist standpoint, that kind of long-term stability is good for business and a safe ROI.
I think I'm done ranting now.
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As I said all the stupid stuff that AHCA brings in is absolutely nothing new to me, I don't lose anything at all. I'm just cynical and jaded and having a bit of schadenfreude over people who thought ACA was perfect possibly getting dropped down to STILL BETTER OFF THAN I AM
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I've been against the ACA from the beginning, because we need *healthcare*, *directly*, not some form of legalized gambling funneling money to fat middlemen.
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There's a bit of a safety net there for emergencies, sure. When I got a bad tooth infection, I was able to get a loan from a friend and get it extracted. But that doesn't apply to long-term or preventative care.
Like this dead-feeling lump in my leg that's been there for a couple years. What is it? I don't know, and I can't afford to find out.
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Despite living in the USA, I'm not as riled up as some others about the recent news of the AHCA replacing the ACA. It's because I'm jaded and tired of shouting about terrible healthcare already. Because I make slightly above a McDonald's entry level hourly wage, I "make too much money" to qualify for any assistance from ACA, Medicaid, etc. for insurance.
Okay, I may or may not have just stumbled across a recipe for making a substance that is pretty much just school paste but designed to be 100% safely edible. https://awoo.space/media/7OIEaC1B272k4eqfIgQ
34 mini-rpg "nanogames" written by feminist authors from around the world, called "#Feminism"
CW by the very nature of the work it takes people out of their comfort zones in varying levels of intensity.
Moved to @Mycroft