If you look at the only two somewhat free market #healthcare fields in the US, they’ve been going down in price. For instance LASIK eye surgery: if you look from around the early '90's to around 2012, prices dropped 70%-75%. Because people paid for that with their own money...
The First Amendment prohibits government censorship and protects private censorship. In a free society, Twitter and Facebook are allowed to make horrible decisions with respect to content moderation, and you are allowed to tell them off and use another service.
Here are core elements of a well-functioning U.S. government:
Federalism
Separation of powers
The Bill of Rights
The Rule of Law (equality before the law)
Now, let’s look at whether Republicans or Democrats in government generally uphold those things:
Nope
Nope
Nope
Nope
@bnmrtns I would agree. You can't viciously assault someone for their views and then expect equal treatment. I think that's the most frustrating thing. Because neither side is willing respect the other, it's stiffling healthy conversation, and debate. Just a lot of overreactions.
@bnmrtns The man brings up a good point. Nobody is obligated to listen to, and care about an opinion, or think it's reasonable. However in defense of Weiss, I think the divide in america will only gets worse if we continue to degrade ppl instead of opening a dialogue to discuss opinions.
There are systemic biases.
There are systemic injustices.
There is systemic racism.
Recognizing and addressing wrongs is a sign of strength, not weakness. It’s a blessing to live in a country that values self-reflection, where people constantly strive to do better and be better.
We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form. At the same time, we have to recognize that violence is self-destructive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost. Let us pray for reconciliation and peace.
Yes these riots look ugly, no we don't want things to come to this, but this is a strong reaction to a major problem. We can't allow someone like George Floyd to be simply murdered by the very people who should protect him. There's a serious lack of trust rn on soo many levels.