[cmurf]

Well strictly speaking the free market would say "you're on your own, you're not our problem". And then you'd hopefully look cute, and do some neat tricks to get a benefactor to voluntarily help you pay for your needs. Otherwise, sorry, the needs of the many outweigh, you.

The reality is, the only thing that makes for-profit free market people alter their perspective, is if they or someone they care about gets really sick and is subject to the bad aspects of the for-profit system. It's like anti-gay uncle who finally starts to moderate once he learns he has a gay nephew. Oh really, hmm, guess I need to moderate my total ignorance of the complexity of the world and things aren't so simple afterall.

I attribute this to lack of imagination identifying with other people. People confuse that with feeling sorry for others, or pity. John Rawls "veil of ignorance" thought experiment should be a political test. If you aren't willing to imagine yourself or a family member directly subject to the deleterious side effects of policies you want made into law, you're incompetent. Instead of having "regular Joe Bob" as politicians, they should be professional, interdisciplinary, ethical, and be auditable.