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guess i’ll just die (pawb.social)
submitted 5 days ago by chosensilence@pawb.social to c/chat@beehaw.org
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idk where else to post this. my state denied me coverage for healthcare and food share for “making too much,” and now since i can’t acquire insurance elsewhere since i simply can’t afford it, i’m going to lose medication that is currently treating a chronic, life shortening illness. i do not have $509 a month to spend on this drug. and since nobody in my state gives a shit about me i am simply going to go without and suffer the consequences of being unmedicated with my disease.

great.

means testing is immoral and fuck everyone who supports it. you are why i won’t be medicated anymore.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't think everyone is wishing that. Most people don't know you. Sux there will be one less person voting for compassion for all the future folk going through something like this. One less person marching. I will say there are folks that very much want these things but not everyone and I don't even think most people but we don't have a direct democracy. Its one vote per dollar rather than one vote per person unfortunately since citizens united.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

marching isn't going to do anything, and neither are protests or peaceful demonstrations. we should be far beyond that as a people. i believe that is our only true way forward. i don't see it happening.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I understand the feeling. We have been going in the wrong direction for a long time. I don't know ultimately what the protests will do but I will do it as long as I can and would rather have done it in the world we have now than not do it. We have not lost the democracy yet but it is a dark time for freedom .

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

respectfully, i see it differently than you. regardless of the fact that we've never had direct democracy, erosions to our democratic elections have been building for decades upon decades. the power imbalance created by the obscenely wealthy has established an oligarchy that has successfully infiltrated all facets of our government and private tech sector. i hate sounding alarmist but not enough people are talking about Peter Thiel and while yes, Trump is a primary threat, I think Peter Thiel might be the Biblical devil and i'm an atheist.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

oh I get that, but its like climate change. Im going to do what I can till the end.