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BugsJustFindMetoday at 2:28 PM0 repliesview on HN

Capitalists don't believe in silly things like public infrastructure that might make the world better for everyone instead of making the wealthiest people wealthier. Reducing profit to save lives is socialism.

Of course there will always be sound rationale: "Don't they deserve to profit? These services cost money, so who will pay for them? And who are you to judge, for how many lives have you saved today? Aren't you just jealous?" And so on, for the love of wallowing in societal decay, happy to turn a blind eye to the suffering because common experiences feel remote when they happen to someone else, and we forget the connection to our political choices when they happen to us too.

There's no money left to spend on health because the yachts and jets can't buy themselves yet. Your life and health and wellbeing have no value if someone else can't get rich from them. So, no, no infrastructure for public good, only hundreds of millions of dollars per day to bomb Iran to distract from the Epstein files. And haven't you seen? The stock market is flying high, which is basically just as good as taking care of the poor.