So what should they do without 10 days of income they likely need for food, shelter, etc? Not eat? Get evicted? Sounds like a great way to not avoid death
As I said they don’t have to do it. I haven’t had any cancer screenings, for instance, and I’m not bitter about that.
I just paid $1600, which took me a year to save up, for a surgery that left my bellybutton fucked up and itchy, but at least it won’t slowly tear open now like it would if I lived in nature.
I’m thankful to be here. Others don’t have to be thankful for the incredible medical options we have around us, but my advice is that they do.
$600 to potentially avoid death is incredible. And, if it’s not worth it to someone, no one is forcing them to do it.
Thank god I was born here instead of a any other moment of human history. That is all I have to say.
You seem very deeply invested in bitterness, so I’m not willing to put any more effort into changing your mind. Take it or leave it, and maybe look up the health effects of different emotional states if living well is important to you.
Goodbye.
I’m deeply invested in bitterness for leaving 1 comment pointing out that it might not even be a choice for someone if they couldn’t afford it? Lol. Get a grip. I can simultaneously be thankful that modern medicine exists and also advocate for it being available to everyone, not just those that can afford it.
So I consider myself an optimist, but even I know it’s stupid to say “I’m happy I only suffered a little bit so I will ignore solvable problems”. Also I find it very weird and disturbing that the argument “you are free to die” is being used to promote what I assume is a free market approach to healthcare. Or maybe you don’t have an angle other than to tell OP that they aren’t in pain, when obviously they are, and that’s fucked up.
Yea, there’s a lot we have going for us with medical advances, but let’s not forget the reason millions die every year is not because lack of medical advances, but rather lack of access to those advances. Those millions of people didn’t choose not to afford it. They didn’t choose to die.
Being an optimist isn’t about ignoring the problems of the world and calling people who are upset about these problems bitter. It’s about looking at these problems head on and believing you can address them. If you are an optimist, the light you shine should allow you to see.
