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		robertlagrant on Dec 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada d... > A broken society I don't think this is necessarily broken by any reasonable standard. If no medication exists, that's not "broken society". Nor is there not being money to give a bespoke treatment to everyone, no matter how expensive it is. If that's broken, no society in history has ever not been broken. Which is just a poor definition.

Neonlicht on Dec 13, 2024 [–]

Yeah I wonder how people who say this stuff feel about the homeless? How do they feel about tax increase to fix "broken society"?

weard_beard on Dec 14, 2024 | [–]

We feel fine. The ones against taxes never cared and pay the least proportion.

robertlagrant on Dec 14, 2024 | | [–]

This is vs them talk is honestly pointless. You don't speak for anyone but yourself.

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