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   CedarTea (cedartea@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 31-Aug-2025 03:21:23 JST CedarTea

   Capitalism brought us such innovations as setting up a second line next to the normal line at the amusement park where you can pay more money to go sooner. The ride still has the same throughput, it just lets you go sooner if you pay more.

   Prioritizing the people who pay for the pass causes people in the normal line to go slower. They're not unaffected by others getting to go quicker, since the ride capacity is unchanged.

   This post is actually about healthcare and housing.

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     Smiling Heretic (smilingheretic@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 31-Aug-2025 03:22:42 JST Smiling Heretic

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     @CedarTea This is why, living in the UK with universal healthcare, I don't opt to get private coverage even though I can afford it. Private healthcare takes away from those who don't have it.