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California to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed program
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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
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Controversial take (though maybe not in this community):
If it's needed for survival, it should be free. No exceptions.
Not a viable take though. Housing, clothing, food.. none of them are free either. A more viable solution is to control the markets by setting limits, like they did here, and then provide a safety net for people so they will always be able to buy this stuff. It would be nice if it was free, but it's a long road to get there. Social politics can provide survival without abolishing stuff like money in the meanwhile.
Some people feel like if you can't provide society with your labor, you should still be fed, clothed, and housed.
IMO, people who don't work, still contribute to society: raising family, being friends with people, creating art, and so on.
Things that aren't easily measured by the dollar bill, but key to a good civilization.
And arguably more important to the prevalence of human civilization. Otherwise, places like South Korea wouldn't be so worried about their shut-in youth population and declining birthrates while being currently at the top of the world's tech industry.
Not to otherwise disagree with you but I would argue that raising family is hard work
I think essentially everybody agrees, the debate is where to put the lines for "can't" and "needs"
I think you're giving people too much credit.