@Ferretsyndicate@radical.town it was just a hot mess. but this is also something that if pointed out tends to make the BUT SOCALISEMS IN MUH AMURRICA crowd melt down.

(to my delight, it's an argument my "classically conservative" father often uses, in rebuttal to people who think the current healthcare scheme is fine and all socialism is bad. i'm like a trojan horse for liberal ideas, sneaking them into him so he can pass them on, HA)