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look at the down votes you're getting for sharing the same viewpoint that luigi holds and consider how wildly popular this sort of opinion is with both the left and the right.
social media is not immune from the same controlled-narratives/propaganda that the mainstream media is using to discredit luigi and the people who share is views and you're seeing it in action on the "general purpose" instances on lemmy like this one.
This is not the "same viewpoint Luigi holds." The Canadian and British examples are grossly exaggerated to the point of being a bad faith argument, which leads me to suspect the US one might be as well.
Lying about the problem doesn't aid the cause; it harms it.
It's inaccurate in relation to how much a 43 month waitlist problem would cost in the US. Unless you're seeking care that has been politicized, the US costs should have a couple zeros added to be a comparable exaggeration. Costs in this country seem like they should be a joke, but shit is really that expensive.
i didnt make this meme
Not all Nazis worked at the death camps either, so it's fine.
Comparing sharing a meme to being a Nazi is an egregious insult to the people who suffered under them
It's definitely a very hyperbolic example.
But it holds nonetheless.
Doesn't matter you didn't make the meme, you served the same purpose as the one that did.
Exaggerating wait times in public healthcare is used as a way to convince USians that their system isn’t as bad compared to others, and that people definitely shouldn’t demand public healthcare in the US. But the fact is that in countries with public healthcare the life expectancy is higher, governments spend less money on healthcare and people are generally much more satisfied with their healthcare system. If waiting times are long it just means that there must be more funding to fix the bottleneck.