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>blocking traffic is the #3 worst thing anyone can possibly do
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🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡 🫡to be fair, almost everything on this list is extraordinarily tame and nonthreatening to power
That's why it's on the list at all. Limit the definition of political action to the most inert things and relegate everything else to obscurity. Make change or the actions required for a better world unthinkable.
The Canadian gov sure thought blocking traffic was a crime against humanity lol (stopping emergency services is kind of a big deal though)
In a trial brought against the crown from the trucker convoy, (finance minister) Chrystia Freeland's main defence was along the lines of "international banking sectors wouldn't do business with us until we had control of our supply chain"
Send in the horses!
(stopping emergency services is kind of a big deal though)
capitalists care about human health, suddenly (listen to Death Panel podcast)
I just skimmed some info about that podcast, looks like it's advocating for a socialist/communist health care in a capitalist system - which we essentially have in Canada.
Having the government in control of your healthcare definitely has some huge down sides, it's absolutely not all roses. No idea if I'm interpreting what that podcast is about correctly though
I promise you any flaws you perceive in the Canadian healthcare system are there because of the "under capitalism" part not because its socialized. (Also because its a piecemeal plan that doesnt cover dental and shit).
And living in a country with a private healthcare system, its 1000% worse than you can even imagine.
Canadian healhcare is also being dismantled province by province these days.
For pricing being out of control, absolutely it's worse in the US, I don't doubt that for a second.
I've yet to see a government controlled program that operates efficiently though. Everything is very slow going if you're in a city here (healthcare wise). Not bad in rural areas though (if you can find a hospital close to you lol)
Part of the slowness (in any regulated sector) is also inherent in running democracy's - changing policies and redirecting funding every time a new party is elected, all while creating more bureaucracy.
Not that I want a fascist government at all lol, but just wanted to add that there's probably more issues to it than just being capitalistic. I'm not trying to disagree about your capitalism point though - there's for sure issues in that too
You should look in to how socialist countries have handled healthcare infrastructure. Cuba and the old GDR are notable for the effectiveness of their healthcare system. There's a book called "Stasi State or socialist paradise" that has a chapter or two on how the GDR handled medical care. And of course Cuba is famous for training large numbers of doctors and sending them all over the world. iirc the deal in Cuba is that you can go to medical school, and in exchange you basically get posted to a clinic somewhere for a few years. Could be urban, could be rural, could be anywhere. Once you've done your period of service your options open up to pursue whatever. It ensures they can train a lot of doctors and also that even the most rural areas will have trained medical professionals near by all the time.
Those doctors don't really get a choice in much, it seems. A little over 7,000 of them have defected to the US when they were sent abroad.
The idea of decentralization is important, when you bundle everything into one controlling entity, they get to decide everything. Bad actors will fill that position when they can - if it can be exploited, it will.
There may be some infrastructure techniques we could learn, but there still needs to be a better solution than either handing everything over to the government or handing everything over to massive corporations
Hogs whine about emergency services all the time, but every protest I've ever been in and almost everyone I've ever seen parts like water to let emergency vehicles through. It's a complete none issue that they made up in their heads to be mad abut.
people do really think this way. I was incredibly close to getting ran over by a fascist in a truck at one of the George Floyd uprising protests in my city and I had several liberal ex-friends tell me it was my fault for blocking the road.
I go way under the speed limit on the side streets specifically to make people drive slower. I refuse to let the wheels of capitalism dictate my driving style.
I got roped in to doing perimeter security a couple of times, watching the rear and flanks of protests for potential attacks. Not like I really could have done much. Like, I guess I could jump just before the car hits me so I go through the windshield? idk. Scary shit.
people need to be blocking traffic for shits and gigs. Just walking to the grocery store and take your sweet time in the cross walk. The public space should be for people
I walk the same pace on the crosswalk as the sidewalk and I swear most drivers you're in the way of expect you to fucking run. Always slightly inching past the line to show their impatience, as if they're not getting around 20x faster than me either way, and I don't have to wait just as long as them til I get my right of way
Also, cyclists need to take the entire lane instead of unsafely riding on the edge of the road.
Saw someone drive out of their way specifically to drive through protesters and people went crazy to defend the person that drove through others
