Almost every developed country except ours has universal healthcare. Almost every developed country except ours has some form of free college. How is it possible that Americans have been trained to expect so little?

Jan 21, 2022 · 4:40 AM UTC

509
1,276
118
6,986
Replying to @marwilliamson
Medicare for all is hugely popular Marianne it’s not that Americans don’t want it - it’s that we can’t have it because the system is hopelessly rigged. The GOP will never do it, and Democrats will never do it. What’s the point of expecting it anymore
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Because people like you continue to vote for and prop up Democrats and/or Republicans.
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Your party blocks it. You empowered your party pushing the abusive, gaslighting lie they were some fantasized "lesser evil". You will be pushing this lie again in the next election, while posturing and performing on social media at outrage for all the things it continues to do.
1
Because the rich have been trained to expect so much..
Replying to @marwilliamson
In the face of constant disappointment, people eventually lower their expectations 😳
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Structural violence..
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Why is that so many Americans don't understand that investing in health and education leads to..errrr..healthier & better educated Americans - meaning more of them working in good jobs off of welfare & contributing taxes which, in the long term, pays for the original investment?!
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
Because we let the corporate oligarchs run amok while we are distracted by things and social media. Corporate owned media controls the narrative and keeps the sheep in line. People rarely read books anymore, they're being dumbed down by the very government to which they pay taxes
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
In a cutthroat capitalist society, everything is for the sale, nothing is for the soul.
1
Replying to @marwilliamson
The Republicans in particular have fed the public that TAXES would be raised.Nothing Americans loathe more then higher taxes.They use that OVER AND OVER and it works.
1