An economic model that doesn’t prioritize profit over everything else… which is what capitalism does.

Let me know if you form an opinion beyond “all the dictators told me that this is what communism is, so I have no choice but to believe them”.

Yes, but capitalism is an economic model that aids and abets greed. Where greed is rewarded almost exclusively.

It’s been a while since I’ve had supplementary procedures, so that’s good to know.

Now I just have to wait for all nine (and a half) bills after emergency services.

Considering how fractured medical billing is these days, often the techs contracted by your in-network doctors office are actually out-of-network.

Isn’t medical billing fun?

Corrupt governments like capitalistic shitbags.

Yes, but those state and local elections have an effect both on how your state and local area does… as well as how those national elections are held. They are far more important than you give them credit for.

Don’t downplay them just because they don’t get national coverage, especially when they’re going to have significantly more impact on your daily life.

The president sure gets the credit for a lot of things (the president signed this into law, the president enacted this policy) but in reality Congress makes most of that a reality.

There is also accountability… but only if the congress acts on it. Which is where that whole “vote more than once every four years” thing comes in. Congress has power… we just have not elected people who use that power responsibly.

If you think you only get a choice once every four years, that’s part of the problem. There’s elections every single year, many of which you have more choice and more power over.

Maybe if people showed up to vote more than once every four years we’d actually see some effective change.

“Just trust me bro”

It’s literally in the name. Capitalism is about acquiring capital. It’s about using that capital for your own gain.

It’s not just any system where money happens to exist.

Capitalism is about reaping reward from financial dealings, not just tossing money at things because you like them, and seeking nothing in return.

OPs take is dumb, but yours isn’t much better.

You wouldn’t!

And that’s how you get slimes

Oh no…

Shows you how much of a dent they’re putting in the bottom line.

Or how desperate google execs are to get even the tiniest bump in revenue.

PUBG?

Yeah, clearly the US has little to no influence on the world at large, who are they kidding? What a bunch of losers.

Ah, so might as well just revel in it instead of doing something to make the world a better place in the mean time.

Stop focusing so much on what you can’t change, and how horrible it is for you, and focus on what you can.

Meh. If life weren’t so focused on material gains and losses, I wouldn’t need to.

It would also mean potential losses for the distributors, as people are (supposedly) less likely to buy directly for them.

So, again, the problem isn’t the media, it’s the distributors.

I mean, I can actually own a bunch of stuff as long as it doesn’t have some sort of proprietary DRM bullshit attached to it.

The problem isn’t that there’s no way to obtain media in a non-bullshit way. The problem is that distributors don’t want to provide media in a non-bullshit way.

The country is more than a president.

The biggest change isn’t going to come from the top, it’s going to come from the bottom. Support local and state reps that share your values, they’re far more likely to get elected than a federal position, and have a much more direct impact on peoples daily lives (and ability to support reps at the federal level).