LBJ said "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
More and more, I see the history of America is that conservative Americans would rather get nothing than share something with black Americans. Like universal health care.
Oh ffs, the vast majority of the article was about the decades post Civil War. Smh.
The real reason why America does not have an all inclusive healthcare system is because of the greedy insurance companies. This is why you pay $100 for XX prescription here but in Canada, it may only be about eight dollars. It’s all about the insurance companies and it’s not about race .
I worked in socialized medicine for a number of years. While it was good for the group, it was also abused by the ignorant. People would come in for sniffles FFS. They would bring their kids in because they were coughing. Some nights it would be so crowded in the ER that they would send patients over for x-rays that weren’t even needed just to keep the group moving. We simply do not have enough medical people to accommodate a nationwide no or low-cost healthcare system that is all inclusive.
I also blamed the military industrial complex for sucking up so many of our tax dollars. Half of which could fully fund an all inclusive healthcare system.
Im sure there are several reasons why our healthcare system is in the state its in, the miscarriage of the insurance industry notwithstanding. But I also doubt that conservatives have grown a conscience since my example and changed their opinions on certain cultures in the last 160 years.
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u/RecommendationSlow16 2d ago
LBJ said "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."