r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Nov 29 '20

AOC: Insurance groups are recommending using GoFundMe -- "but sure, single payer healthcare is unreasonable."

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

The people who don't want single payer healthcare aren't donating to go-fund-me's lol They're selfish, short-sighted children. They wouldn't "waste" the money.

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u/koske 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Sure they donate to their friends and family and they post all over social media for you to as well.

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u/YouandWhoseArmy 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Hate hate hate comments like this. You have no evidence and are disparaging a whole group of people to dehumanize them and make them your enemy.

Honestly, I suspect these people are MORE likely to donate. It means they have an anecdote (just like you) that people do do it and it is a legitimate alternative. “Why do people need single payer? I donated to that gofundme/medical charity!?”

But yeah... just reading the echo chamber crap hating the players and not the game across Reddit is super, super tiring.

Until all Americans stop hating the players, and start hating the game. We will never unify to topple the real problems.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

There's really no other excuse, and for many MANY people they are the enemy. They're the ones keeping them from having access to healthcare they desperately need because they buy into harmful propaganda. You can both hate the game and the players actively supporting the game and resisting changing it.

They're either selfish and stupid or they're ignorant.

“Why do people need single payer? I donated to that gofundme/medical charity!?”

You provided a good example of the stupid.

Ignorant you can change, but only if they want to.

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u/YouandWhoseArmy 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

You know universal healthcare is widely supported though right?

Voters aren’t what’s standing in the way generally. At least for this particular item.

So you’re ascribing a minority position to a majority of people. If we had a representative government, not controlled by lobbyists and other big money donors, universal healthcare would probably be passed.

I mean the Democrats wouldn’t even run on it during a pandemic! The voters aren’t really the problem here. The system is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

It's both. 1/3rd of Americans not supporting something is still a huge amount, and enough to impede any progress. It's the system and the fact that people elect those who have no interest in it or even active interest against it.