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First American Pope Urges Nations To Provide Universal Healthcare (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 84 points 4 days ago

Who better to urge it than someone who knows exactly what the alternative is?

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've beat this drum before and I'll keep on beating it.

The US government spends nearly $3T per year on healthcare. We spend more per person than Canada. There's no reason that spending couldn't be made to cover everyone in the US.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hey hey hey that money is for the shareholders and pedophiles what are you a commie? /s

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 43 points 4 days ago

As someone from a Catholic background, I always thought it was funny that some protestants claimed to be more Christian than the pope. It's always weird to see angry "Christian" Americans complain and bitch when the pope just reminds them about Christianity.

US protestants would probably torture and deport Jesus.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tomorrow
First American pope popularity among nazi sympathizer Americans sliding

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes please! I'd love for them to no longer be able to hide behind religion for thestupid things they support.

Because now when a politician says "god told me to starve the poors, and shun the homeless", I'd love for the pope to say "NO HE DIDN'T!"

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

US Christian Nationalism co-opted Southern Baptist protestantism; they consider the Pope to be a heretic.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Evangelicals literally worship a man who fits the biblical description of the Antichrist

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, best we can do is more money for war

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

"why heal people when we can just kill them?"

[–] stephen@lazysoci.al 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Political cartoon from 1926 depicting the Ku Klux Klan driving St. Patrick from the shores of the United States

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 4 days ago

Dang and I've heard Pat was racist!

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

based pope, thank god :D

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Heresy!!!! Thou shalt walk it off, peasant.

[–] Jaegeras@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago

And now they're going to begin replacing the pope for that idea.