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Barack Obama celebrates 15 year anniversary of ACA by joining BlueSky (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by misteloct@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] _synack@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Ultimately, even Democratic politicians are beholden to wealthy donors, including those associated with the health insurance industry.

In this post-Citizens-United world, the only way to make real change is to have a bunch of people willing to not hold onto power to do the right thing simultaneously. Sadly, the likelihood of that happening is vanishingly small.