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   Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 00:00:32 JST Jay Baker

   Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Say Insurance Industry Is to Blame in UHC CEO Killing https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-7-in-10-americans-say-insurance-industry-is-to-blame-in-uhc-ceo-killing/

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 01:53:20 JST Jay Baker

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     • Tariq

     @rzeta0 Not if there aren't the options. Only around 25% of Americans voted for Donald Trump in that sorry excuse for "democracy."

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     Tariq (rzeta0@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 01:53:21 JST Tariq

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     But will they vote accordingly?

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     Tariq (rzeta0@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:09:48 JST Tariq

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     I agree this is a challenge.

     Here in the UK we had a "2-party" system for decades with the 3rd party seen as a bit of a joke.

     Over time however, the 2rd party system became a 3 party system, and today we have more parties in Parliament with a good number of independents.

     Far from fixed, but change is possible.

     If I could wave a magic wand, the first stone I'd lay in the US is to remove money from politics. That is the biggest corruptor of governance incl healthcare policy.

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:09:48 JST Jay Baker

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     @rzeta0 I'd wish to remove professional politicians from politics, regardless of how many parties there are. A significant number of the population can smell these careerist phonies a mile away, and feel deprived of any semblance of direct democracy. Once we have that, we will be closer to freedom, not by choosing our masters from a wider selection.