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I think the health insurance companies are actually taken by surprise by the amount of people who sincerely wish them death. Maybe we will see some almost-meaningful change soon?

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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The usual translation is "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." It's a Mao Zedong quote.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thank you, now that I hear it, yeah. I forgot it was a translation that I was remembering, and thus more easily misremembering.

Edit: Though I think the first version I read was "stem" rather than "barrel". That was probably just the translator being...flowery...though.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nice double entendre