I mean, that last question was rhetorical, right? Because, 100%, we’re the biggest suckers for this.

For some reason a large portion of the country doesn’t understand that we live in a global society/economy.

found the guy who didn’t read dune

He’s the political.  There are 1000s of employees who are career employees and are dedicated to the mission.

The little country radio I hear (I live in the rural America, it’s hard to miss sometimes) is mostly pop or pop rock with twangy voices and a little steel guitar, that Megan Linsey person is right. The powers that be in Nashville had to have complained, I hear they’re rather strict about what gets on country radio and…

It was more “lies in the tabloid press about over-regulation that was never actually proposed” - especially articles written by Mr Boris Johnson who just made stuff up because he was too lazy to do his job when he lived in Brussels.

Benjamin Franklin lived in a time before indoor plumbing. Not sure why we should care about his opinion on safety. 

And Hollywood executives’ takeaway from this will be that the people like horror movies about tunnels. Or boardwalks. Or bougie second homes on beautiful lakes (their houses and the harbor were gorgeous). Wouldn’t be close to the first time the shit got misinterpreted by rich morons who failed upward to control…

It doesn’t have the same pizzazz

when rich people hear that we want everyone to get equal access to healthcare, they naturally assume that means they’ll have to suffer the way we do, because they know that their extreme wealth depends fundamentally on our poverty

But but but...if we had some commie pinko European socialist healthcare here we’d have to wait MONTHS just to get in to see a doctor!

That is what would happen if we live in a world that makes sense.

You mean “Millenials,” right?

Looks like mass transit is more efficient than personal cars.

neoliberal - free market, individualism, and oh yeah, lip service to some vague notion of equality

Lets not forget that GM (and i am guessing ford) have also done many billions in dividends/stock buybacks to fulfill the cult of shareholder value which is a relatively recent neoliberal value.

“There were curses that were blanked out...Do I have to sit with my kids and explain to them what’s going on?”

Yes, it’s called being a parent you stupid fuck.

Hillary Clinton was a centrist and she still lost to Donald Trump. Barrack Obama was not a white man and yet won two elections against white men. Please excuse me if I don’t trust your assessment . . .

You don’t get to decide what’s best for you, the insurance company does. Treatments, medications, and providers are rejected all the time. 

3. Ask anyone who has used the VA system how bad the government is at running a service. Also See: Post office, DMV.

No matter where the money comes from, medical costs are medical costs.