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   Jona Joachim (jaj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 18:39:22 JST Jona Joachim

   • Bodhipaksa
   • Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   @bodhipaksa
   I will never understand why people continue to live in the US. Every time I read these stories I feel like I would want to get away from this ASAP
   @ryanc

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 18:39:21 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Bodhipaksa

     @jaj @bodhipaksa The US has better medical care available than the UK does... if you have good insurance. I've had to get medical care in the US multiple times since moving to the UK.

     Granted, the baseline of medical care available in the UK if you're poor is far better.

     Also pay in the US is significantly better for tech jobs, and the climate is potentially nicer depending on where you are.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 18:40:01 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Bodhipaksa

     @jaj @bodhipaksa also, you drastically overestimate the ease of which people can move to a different country, especially those who aren't privileged

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 00:35:57 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Bodhipaksa

     @jaj @bodhipaksa Though I am highly accomplished in my career and independent research, I have no degree from a college/university, so qualifying for an unsponsored visa is impossible for me in most countries.

     I would have to get a work visa tied to a job - if I lost the job, I'd have to either quickly get a new job at a company willing and able to sponsor my visa or GTFO.

     The UK has an unsponsored visa program that's a bit more flexible, so I got one of those.

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     Jona Joachim (jaj@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 00:35:58 JST Jona Joachim

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     • Bodhipaksa
     • Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

     @ryanc
     I guess so, in Europe, moving to a different country amounts to buying a train ticket, so I may be a bit biased
     @bodhipaksa

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     Corb_The_Lesser (corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 09:01:00 JST Corb_The_Lesser

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     • Bodhipaksa
     • Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

     @jaj @bodhipaksa @ryanc Unless Sanders filled both houses of Congress with Sanders disciples -- zero probability -- his legislative agenda would have been DOA.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 09:01:00 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Bodhipaksa
     • Corb_The_Lesser

     @Corb_The_Lesser @jaj @bodhipaksa there is value in shifting the overton window - the far right understands this, but it seems like few on the left do.

     (note that I consider myself significantly to the left of >99% of politicians)

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     Corb_The_Lesser (corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 09:01:01 JST Corb_The_Lesser

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     • Bodhipaksa
     • Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

     @jaj @bodhipaksa @ryanc It should be illegal here in the US for anonymous bureaucrats not treating a patient to make decisions about, or ending, treatment of that patient.

     We need to 1) Make patient wealth irrelevant re: health care decisions, and, 2) provide care to all with no billing to the patients

     American health care is broken because it does not deliver results commensurate with its exorbitant costs. Corporate interference in health care leeches funding away from care and treatment.

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     Jona Joachim (jaj@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 09:01:01 JST Jona Joachim

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     • Bodhipaksa
     • Corb_The_Lesser
     • Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

     @Corb_The_Lesser
     For that you would have needed Bernie Sanders. It looks like most Americans think the opposite.
     @bodhipaksa @ryanc