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This isn’t how laws work you don’t pass a law based on the reasonableness of the policy, you pass laws based on their popular support and how that manifest itself in our institutions. That’s what you look to see if it’s a big ask or not.Even on top of this there’s different types of universal healthcare systems what will it look like? what specific model do people want? Maybe a majority want it but bc of a conservative bias that we have in congress (mainly bc of the senate) will it play out that way? This is a nuanced topic the idea that Biden can get universal healthcare but he just doesn’t want to (despite fdr and lbj not being able to do it) is silly.
I like how you just put into quotations a statement I’ve never said nor will I ever say bc you were wrong about polling. No I just don’t like how there’s this group of not very politically literate but very confident progressive people online who should be 100% for dems but they aren’t bc they believe that there’s all these popular policies that dems aren’t doing just bc. That’s frustrating.
First off, no one should be 100% for ANY political party, that would be deeply sad. Second, I, as a progressive, find it deeply enraging when the democrats hit the line of “you’re too insignificant to make policy toward but it’s also your fault if we lose”. Third, you have not proven that at all, one poll says that most people want universal healthcare (the think I was in favor of).
Yeah I’m being obviously hyperbolic lol. I’m glad you have an imaginary democrat in your head that makes both of those arguments. No that’s not just what it says you didn’t even read what I sent you. Yours says “57% majority of U.S. adults believe the federal government should ensure all Americans “ in the same article there’s a contradicting poll saying “they prefer that the nation’s health care system be based on private insurance rather than run by the government… 53% of U.S. adults prefer a-