• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    People managed in the past without healthcare. A lot of them died younger as a result, but you can still live your life without it I guess.

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      5 days ago

      Suffering and dying young isn’t “living your life”, it’s suffering and dying young. They suffered through horrible illnesses, lived in pain because they had to and had dozens of children to make sure some of them reach adulthood rather healthily.

      In the US I’d have already died more than once, and if not would be either homeless with crippling debt or criminal to pay not just for the cancer treatment years ago. Instead today, after injuring myself working on my hobby, I went to a doctor to get a tetanus booster (just in case) because I forgot to do it earlier. For free. On a sunday. As someone currently unemployed.

      That’s the way it fucking should be. I’m so fed up with people relativizing unnecessary suffering, including living in existential fear of illness.

    • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      People managed

      A lot of them died young…

      You can still live your life

      You can’t live your life without healthcare if you die young. What are you even trying to say here?

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      People have managed without oxygen before. I mean, you’ll die in a few minutes as a result, but you can still live your life without it.