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by monero-xmr 1253 days ago
Ah yes, the “let’s force companies to become unprofitable” theory. I think Venezuela and Argentina are good places for you.
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Plenty of profitable companies in Europe. It might be easier to become profitable in the US since you have less of a safety net, but that's a price US voters are willing to pay. Pointing to corrupt developing countries whenever socialized healthcare is brought up is disingenuous.
Do you think european corporations don't do mass layoffs? What is this completely false view of europe so many seem to have?
People at the risk of suddenly losing their health insurance start to envy countries where that doesn’t happen
Companies have externalities (environmental, societal etc) from their operations, and someone pays for them.

You can close your eyes and cheer about profitability, but the bill is coming anyway.