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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
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Europe managed it. Every country in it has it.
And they are double the population of the US.
Size is not an issue what so ever.
Sure but Europe isn’t one country lol
China has a larger population and land area than the United States and they have universal healthcare. There's nothing special about the US that makes universal healthcare more difficult to implement except the entrenched special interests that lobby the government to prevent it.
They are also significantly more culturally homogenous and they’re the oldest established civilization on the planet, so that sounds about right.
I don't understand what any of that has to do with healthcare.
Oh, ok. Might want to study the legal system and how laws are passed. It’ll make sense after that.
If it still doesn’t, I can’t help sorry.
I think you're just lashing out at me because you're unable to explain why you think diversity makes it harder to implement universal healthcare, but what do I know. I haven't studied the legal system in China.
Sure!
And the US is?
Where are you going with this? Please continue. I’m curious.
Ok, thanks for your question.
Ok, I'm not American, I'm Australian (getting that out of the way up front).
But... But, we are saturated with US culture, American social norms and politics. I could say with a large degree of confidence that an average Australian (or European) could pass a pop quiz on the United States probably better than an average American. This isn't a boast, it's a fact of life due to the relative size of our comparative social footprints.
So when I say that the US isn't one country, but many, I'm not being facetious. Your federal system consists of a bunch of little fifedoms comparable with Germany in the 18th century. On the face of it, yes, you are, of course, 'United'. In reality you guys seem fundamentally Balkanised.
Culturally, socially, religiously, and very much politically, you might as well have hard borders.
That's what my casual one-liner meant to convey.
Makes sense, and I could definitely see how someone outside the US could develop that perspective. Thank you.
It’s pretty accurate but a bit more nuanced than how you described it!
If course, you are also right to say that. Every generalisation is wrong.