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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 72 points 6 days ago
[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dr. Oz is a charlatan who's allowed to exist because the vitamin and supplement industry lobbied against FDA oversight and won.

He's the literal product of corruption.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He really has talent in choosing all his picks. "Ummm who could be the worst person ever to fill this role?"

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Every one of those terrible picks has been a deliberate, careful choice to destabilize the country.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Except the NASA guy. He's probably pretty good. But his job is to funnel contracts (and therfore billions of dollars) to spacex.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Anyone decent will be fired for not doing terrible things or quit because there's too much pressure to do the terrible things (cf Trump's first term). Most of them are happy to do the terrible things this go round, though, because they were identified in advance for being willing to do the terrible things.

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Why should only the military pay for overpriced stuff they don't need?

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Being serious, it seems like he picked his people from a couple of pools.

  1. Republicans with a lot of social media clout.
  2. People plausibly accused of being Russian agents.

Don't forget name-recognition (even outside the social media spheres.) When's the last time so many cabinet picks were names the average American already knew? It's not like we're the most informed group of people. Yet out of all the millions of people in the United States, what are the chances that the best people for these jobs are ones the public has already heard of?

Trump has gotten as far as he has by treating his own name like a brand. It's not surprising that he prefers to associate with others who've done the same.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 55 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

They do in other modern countries. Oh wait, except they don't have "uninsured" people. If your government can't guarantee you basic things like clean air and water, protection, health... what the fuck are you paying taxes for!?

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

what the fuck are you paying taxes for!?

dead brown kids!

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dont forget the billionaires!

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 9 points 6 days ago

Luigi didn't.

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[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

More lanes for more roads, because more lanes will definitely fix gridlock

[–] Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

More of them, but no plan or resources towards maintaining them

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Just think: you all did the right thing, holding your nose at the polls, voting for Fetterman to block Oz. And now you have both of them.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Brain damage causes conservatism.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Nah, I probably have some decent brain damage and am solidly progressive.

[–] 4grams@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Same here. My brain injury made me even more radical. If anything has me wondering if I’ve gone paranoid and insane seeing all this coming danger while the rest of the world just goes about their business.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hmm yeah fair point, I'm in the same boat.

Proposed amendment: enough brain damage causes conservatism.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

We better lay off the concussions, got it haha

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Life, uh, finds a way...

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 6 days ago

Lol ah the American Dream.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Not fucking happy about it. Worst possible outcome.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

America Last. WTF, the Government of Putin wants an epidemic to break out. How many people in the red run welfare counties would be affected by Dr. Oz's plan? Indeed, a shit ton and they voted for it.

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I'll make it much simpler to understand. The only thing putin wants. Is America out of the way. Whatever form that takes. So that he can pursue his plans in Eurasia.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Oz went on to explain that most people have misread the Constitution and Bill of rights, people can have life OR liberty OR the pursuit of happiness. Only the rich will get all three...

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

It's an interesting perspective on a phrase that literally says "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness".

[–] CaptainCancel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

FFS, this guy thinks it’s a prix fixe menu!

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

What a piece of shit.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's neat watching lemmy's centrists acting like they object to the idea of letting people go bankrupt and die, in that order, for insurance companies' bottom lines.

Democrats killed the public option before a single Republican voted on the bill. Joe Lieberman was enough of a Democrat to run for VP, and you don't get to disown him just because he did what you wanted but don't want to admit wanting. And it's not like he did what every centrist wanted by his lonesome, either. Ben Nelson was instrumental in killing the public option.

Biden promised that he was going to revisit the public option. Like so much of what he promised, it was always a fucking lie.

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[–] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

And anti-healthcare weirdos don't have a right to anybody ever respecting them.

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