• intensely_human
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    1 month ago

    lol you don’t think a government’s single-payer office is going to be tasked with trying to deny people care?

    If so, why not? Why wouldn’t those government people’s orders be “Make sure people don’t use too much medical resources”

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      1 month ago

      Well, if the government is accountable to the people, then pressures from below should shape its policies. But in America as-is I suppose you’re right that there would be no reason to think that that would happen, only a proletarian democracy can truly ensure that a government is responsive to the needs and desires of the people.