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[–] [email protected] 94 points 4 days ago (18 children)

“I still think you should try to make an argument, and I think this is—there may be things wrong with our healthcare system, but you have to make an argument, and you have to try to find a way to convince people and change it by that,” Thiel eventually said.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Immediately after that he says

this is not going to work

He lost his composure but I think this is actually a good point. Everybody is talking about how cathartic it is that this happened, and how this guy deserved it, but not a lot of real consideration how this could actually get us sane healthcare.

[–] njm1314 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think after 30 Plus years of struggling the "right way" and failing all while hundreds of thousands of us die has made us all a little willing to try a new way. If it fails also then oh well no harm done. At least to no one we're not willing to lose.

[–] DougHolland 5 points 3 days ago

That's my take, too. I've done activism, and peaceful protests, and letters to my Congresscritter, and done it all for a long, long time. Years and years of doing what we're supposed to hasn't accomplished squat. Luigi's activism seems much more effective.

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