h_ramus

joined 6 months ago
[–] h_ramus@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blorp supports both lemmy and piefed. Thunder seemed to drain quite a lot of battery. Blorp is pretty basic but fine for me.

[–] h_ramus@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

OK grandpa, let's get you to bed.

[–] h_ramus@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

If there was a concern it should have been acknowledged long ago. Having education not being viewed as a public good leads to market outcomes. Nothing new apart from being digital and more freely available. A triumph of the free market that people so dearly love. There's no morality in the free market, only regulations reduce the impact of human or organ trafficking.

[–] h_ramus@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Even those that aren't residents and happen to be visiting or on a visa.

“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”

[–] h_ramus@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Here's the thing, it's already paid for from your taxes. Some countries choose to feed the military machine where a few billion lost here and there isn't an issue. However, when it cones to healthcare, it's an insurmountable cost.

Know what the best thing about national healthcare service? I don't have to think about it. It's there. How much it costs? Doesn't matter? Will I become destitute if severely ill? No. Do I allow my fellow countrymen to be supported in times of need? Absolutely. Do I obtain natural hedging benefits from pooling risks into a bigger pot rather than having broken risk pools managed by thousands of insurance companies? Yup. Do countries with national service have greater costs than for-profit insurance healthcare? Nope, quite the opposite. Is life expectancy shorter in countries with national service? No, on the contrary, people live longer.

Making sure everyone has access to treatment when in need should be viewed as a large achievement of societal living and a great patriotic duty, your fellow citizens are protected.

But sure, without insurance middlemen milking people dry some people won't get to enjoy their third mansion. Well, only if someone doesn't have preexisting conditions otherwise you're on your own and left to get treatment when in need and filling bankruptcy at the same time. The pinnacle of human development.

[–] h_ramus@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

TLDR: olive oil. She also noted her love for chocolate, port, and her smoking habit.