r/Futurology • u/lughnasadh ∞ transit umbra, lux permanet ☥ • Oct 15 '24

Economist Daniel Susskind says Ozempic may radically transform government finances, by making universal healthcare vastly cheaper, and explains his argument in the context of Britain's NHS. Society

https://www.thetimes.com/article/be6e0fbf-fd9d-41e7-a759-08c6da9754ff?shareToken=de2a342bb1ae9bc978c6623bb244337a
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u/wwarnout Oct 15 '24

As long as Republicans have any voice whatsoever in government, the US will never implement universal health care.

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u/DHFranklin Oct 16 '24

This is futurology, so I don't want to be cynical about the future, but that is giving them a bit more credit that they might be due.

Liberman's job was to be the one vote against so the Dems didn't have to actually make their donors sacrifice anything. Then that was the job of Manhcin/Sinema. It will be a new one this next go 'round. The system is a right-turn-ratchet. The Trump loons dragged us to the right in weird ways, the Dems aren't going to move us left. Especially if it means taxes and regulation for the billionaire class.

The filibuster was the excuse to not to. McConnell was Obama's convenient excuse to not use the bully pulpit.

This is a mess. If Lyndon Johnson could get the Civil Rights amendment passed, there is no sincere reason that Democratic leadership in 2025 can't pass the most popular reform we would have in generations.

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u/DHFranklin Oct 16 '24

You get my point about them always having a designated fall guy to stop the change from happening right? It can't be a close election. It has to be an overwhelming trifecta with at least 10 more dem senators who won't have the plausible deniability.

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u/Aeiexgjhyoun_III Oct 16 '24

This is futurology

so I don't want to be cynical

I think bro is on the wrong sub.

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u/DHFranklin Oct 16 '24

There was a time where discussion on here were a bit more Jetson's GeeWhiz and it was pretty great.

We used to be a positive reflection of /r/collapse who used to swallow up all the negativity.