Lots of focus now around the flaws of the american healthcare system. What can we do now to ensure a better future?

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
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    elect different lawmakers

    Elect lawmakers that would pass single payer, like they have in europe. However, this is an unrealistic expectation in our modern political landscape. So we need to change the political landscape to make that possible.

    • find a way to dismantle the right wing propaganda machine, or make one as powerful but not a fountain of lies. Difficult since the right wing has the full support of the billionaire owned news media. They are pros who have studied pyops inside and out and excel at it.
    • join the democratic party and attempt to overthrow its pro-rich leadership. difficult. Is it really a democratically run institution?

    create alternative orgs

    create coops and/or nonprofits to provide better options than predatory insurance companies. maybe easier because its grassroots and small compared to changing our national leadership. There’s a danger of genuinely helpful institutions being outlawed due to mainstream medical lobbying.

    direct action

    we’ve already seen how successful propaganda of the deed can be. but will it actually produce change, or just lead to repression? it has at least communicated the extent to which Americans are disgruntled - not just the deed itself, but the overwhelmingly positive reaction to it.

    general strikes, boycotts, other demonstrations might be a possibility. you need an effective campaign to get people on the same page.

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      3 days ago

      The system won’t allow lawmakers that will enact real change

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        Yup.

        Won’t happen until we legislate companies from contributing to electoral candidates and severely limit the amount an individual can contribute.

        Which won’t happen.

        So we’re basically done for.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I mean technically, you can, but you have to get your message through all the propaganda. When people are willingly eating lies from facebook and fox news, and other corporate media, it’s an uphill battle.

        Also, if you get someone really good, they might get JFK’ed.