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[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 246 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So did they just download the US Census and start from there?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When pretty much everybody is on the list, it's more conspicuous to not be on it.

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 139 points 11 months ago (1 children)

fuck insurance companies. i hope more CEOs get gunned down in the streets.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 50 points 11 months ago
[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 133 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You can't put us all on the little list

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 116 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So, they're finally admitting that they're monitoring all of us.

[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

What the fuck... Really? Holy shit and what the actual fuck. As example ever heard about Snowden? Chelsea Manning? Assange? Unbelievable wtf

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 40 points 11 months ago (5 children)
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[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 105 points 11 months ago

Health Insurance companies are parasites who only exist to cause people misery in exchange for profit so... everyone?

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 92 points 11 months ago

Imagine if government resources were spent on applying antitrust laws to stop this abusive situation that literally kills people and ruins lives instead.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 82 points 11 months ago (1 children)

so, like most people who have ever had to attempt to use it combined with those who could only hope to afford it? thats prolly a long list.

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 76 points 11 months ago

Hi, FBI agent! How are you doing today?

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 73 points 11 months ago

"Do you have the faintest idea of how little that narrows this down?"

[–] WeUnite@lemm.ee 65 points 11 months ago

The more people that express negative sentiment the harder it will be for them to go after people. It's your first amendment right, use it. Don't comply in advance.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 61 points 11 months ago

I hope more die.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 10 months ago

I don't know if I would trust an American who doesn't have a negative view of the health insurance industry

[–] mdurell@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So they are monitoring basically everyone.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Openly since the Patriot Act

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (6 children)
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[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

UHC just sent me a survey. I was honest. I'm on a list now!!!

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[–] mjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 11 months ago

Monitoring all nurses, got it.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You can monitor this dick.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"We already have. And there is literally 'Nothing to see here.' "

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[–] Zeon@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (7 children)

The health insurance industry needs to be changed significantly as it neither makes care cheaper, more accessible or more available.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 10 months ago

I have a negative view of health insurance companies. In fact, I have a negative view of corporations, from the local mom-&-pops that underpay their employees and expect long hours, to Amazon. They all suck.

But people who create policies that cause immense loss of life (and cost and destruction) are really asking for ten-plus times the vengeance that actually comes their way.

I'm not interested in that vengeance since it won't solve the problem, but I don't begrudge those who suffer at their hands from wanting to kill them back.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Monitor me all you want. Monitor me while you suck my balls.

What are you going to do about it? Nothing.

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[–] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 32 points 11 months ago

Add me to the list plz. Thx.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 31 points 11 months ago (5 children)

But anyway don't download RedNote the Chinese censorship is just so terrible...

(Oh he's super popular on that app btw lmao)

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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We're gonna need a bigger surveillance apparatus

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[–] WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An evil company was evil. A very understandable thing happened when evil people are killing Americans. Now I'm going to get put on a list for liking a post.

It's like you don't have to do anything besides exist and you get put on a list. I'm sure this won't be used by the new administration to silence dissent.

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's fun. It does nothing to stop the near-daily in-person conversations with coworkers, friends, and family about this one topic that unites us all. So long as we're beholden to this health insurance system that screws us over at our most vulnerable of times, those conversations aren't going to stop.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

The US healthcare system is a massive fucking dumpster fire. There, I typed it.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No shit, the NSA was already monitoring everybody to begin with.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Hi, I guess?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

That's not news, we knew the NSA was spying on every American a decade ago.

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They can't monitor everyone. With AI they think they can, that's our biggest advantage

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