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This is always a clash when I end up talking to my parents. My home country is slowly falling apart economically and they’re completely fucking blind to it. Especially ironic cus one of em is a fucking portfolio manager.

Like when I even mention that affording anything it getting worse and worse each year, while the rich consistently break income records, they derail the discussion by saying like “but don’t you have it great tho” (I earn well above average and still feel the pressure, THAT’S THE POINT) or mention that some rich assholes renovated some random castle and that without him it would juts be a ruin and that’s sad or some shit.

And we aren’t even getting that political yet. Just saying “hey mom, my future be looking unsustainable”.

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Same. My parents simp hard for billionaires. Always have. They’ve always voted republican too, including trump. It’s so disgusting. They haven’t an idea how programmed they are.

Edit: And it’s rubbed off on my brother who now really wants to work for elon 🤦

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The mulch must flow

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It’s not that easy though, is United Healthcare now stopping what they do because that douche died?

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The sample size is too low to give an accurate result.

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it’s not smart to wholly rely on results of a single experiment, scientifically speaking

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It stopped Blue Cross from restricting how long they’ll pay for anesthetic.

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Until the heat dies down and they quietly bring it back

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That would be surprising because they announced it before the killing even happened.

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Actually, Blue Cross announced that in September, before the killing. They also stopped suing and placing liens over medical debts in 2020.

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That’s why we do what France did in the 1700s. One billionaire dead won’t send a message, but one dead every month for the foreseeable future will.

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No, they haven’t. People are also spreading misinformation that Blue Cross changed their policy even though they announced the change the month before the shooting happened.

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The CEO death rate due to gun violence is still less than the death rate of children in schools, so I don’t know what they’re worried about.

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I want to know some awesome parents like you guys!! The parents I know aren’t very open about this stuff.

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