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I think the health insurance companies are actually taken by surprise by the amount of people who sincerely wish them death. Maybe we will see some almost-meaningful change soon?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Was there ever a big societal change for the better without blood?

You know, kinda like our genetic cousins murdering the greedy guy who hogs all the bananas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The collapse of the German Democratic Republic was peaceful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It also did not happen in a vacuum, and the collapse of the Eastern bloc was not really peaceful.

Also, in my anecdotal experience, the harder break a country did from that system, the better they are doing now.