Maybe if we point out that their private insurance premiums will probably rise when other insured people behave unwisely and land in a hospital bed or ED.
Even if the sick folks aren’t insured, as may be with Mennonite families. Somebody pays for health care; people can’t & shouldn’t be turned away
100%. This is probly obvious, sorry if so, but I feel like there were elements of this in the 'red vs blue' stuff pre-covid, then it accelerated massively. I'm inclined to see it as flowing significantly from top down (what's the Hall line? Politics constructs a majority?) but idk for sure.
From top down, sure. But also the media's role in reassuring everyone that "only already disabled and vulnerable people were dying and isn't that wonderful". AND social media. Too many people spending time on it getting angry about the pandemic, and angry with vulnerable people for existing.
Absolutely. Similar set of scripts as demonizing migrants, I think.? 'This upsetting thing isn't REALLY a political problem, certainly not one politicians are responsible for, it's because of those worthless people over there!' Really monstrous.
yep. I saw people across the political spectrum, out of legitimate anger, boredom, frustration, eventually conclude that caring about vulnerable disabled people was just "too much" for them. The debate about masks made it violently clear. No accident so much eugenicist talk is so prevalent now
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Even if the sick folks aren’t insured, as may be with Mennonite families. Somebody pays for health care; people can’t & shouldn’t be turned away