@afrocosmist Survive being plowed into by a car in the US and you can look forward to emotional breakdowns a painkiller haze won't blunt when you have to spend weeks dealing with a health insurance bureaucracy that put you on the hook for a sum you could buy a nice house in the midwest with
@PAstynome people like Ritter have discovered careers as social media influencers. they get paid based on telling people what they want to hear. set expectations accordingly.
@Henge46796223@admcollingwood a candidate taking a position against the natsec establishment being attacked by by this establishment and anulling an election? nothing to see here, perfectly normal democracy moment
@Henge46796223@admcollingwood In my city's mayoral race, a total newcomer beat a well-funded local career politician in an upset - time to annul the election!
Lol, all it takes for liberals to jump for joy at Putinist domestic politics is to just season an election with a sprinkle of Russia hysteria
@Henge46796223@admcollingwood Yes, as we all know, it is impossible to go viral without a Kamala Harris-sized campaign budget, the only possible explanation for a right-wing populist winning an election is a sinister foreign plot
@Henge46796223@rochowanski The US pours billions into influencing foreign elections: "this is fine"
Russia does something similar: "time to cancel democracy"
@SeanMcCarthyCom I’m sure every lobbying dollar these companies spend is to make the incentives less perverse and the regulations better for healthcare consumers
@Danielxrk@Alonso_GD Because anyone with the faintest awareness of reality outside of IDF press material regurgitated by media propagandists sees that's a lie?
@greg_fann I had great success negotiating with health care providers when I was knocked unconscious when a drunk driver hit me and ran up a $100,000 bill before I even woke up