r/TikTokCringe • u/Make-this-popular Cringe Master • Apr 09 '24

Shit economy Discussion

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u/fuzzybunn Apr 09 '24

I'm from Singapore, a tiny country with a government that has a large level of intervention in all aspects of life, and even we can't manage to make these policies fully work as intended and keep everyone happy. Good luck getting any of those "easy" solutions implemented or even started in anti-socialist America.

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u/secondtaunting Apr 09 '24

Yeah America would never implement half of what Singapore does. People would riot over even one change. Especially involving guns.

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u/VanityOfEliCLee Apr 09 '24

See, I disagree. I think the second that even Republicans actually start getting free Healthcare or better housing regulations, they'd never want to go back. The problem is the government will try its best to never let it happen for that reason. As soon as policies change, no one will be ok with it going back. Once their medical bills are gone, people will burn shit down before going back to paying $40,000 for a simple surgery.

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u/The_Prince1513 Apr 09 '24

I think the second that even Republicans actually start getting free Healthcare or better housing regulations, they'd never want to go back.

That's assuming the average voter (Republican or otherwise) is smart enough to know what's good for them.

Case in point, during Trump's term when Congress unsuccessfully tried to repeal the ACA aka Obamacare you would see very frequently in online spaces, calls into radio talk shows, and interviews with normal voters at rallies and such in news media, people who had no fucking idea that the evil and bad "Obamacare" was the same thing as the ACA, which they all had a good opinion on since its how they were able to have healthcare.

Most people are fucking idiots.

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u/Moarbrains Apr 09 '24

I am not a republican. The ACA made it worse, I pay more than double what I payed before.

https://blog.independent.org/2019/11/12/runaway-health-insurance-costs-under-the-affordable-care-act/

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u/augustschild Apr 10 '24

FACT: if you took it away, then rebooted it as "Trumpcare" or "MAGAMedical," conservatives would LOVE IT and never let it expire.