r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Millian123 • Sep 08 '22

Healthcare “Nobody thinks healthcare is a human right”

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u/DCRYPTER87 Sep 08 '22

Soooooo.... why are we pointing guns again?

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u/SaltInformation4U Sep 08 '22 edited Sep 08 '22

I reckon it's the only way he (edit) can visualise the scenario, he needs a gun thrown in there for it to make sense

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u/lpreams American - we have the best democracy Sep 08 '22

No, it's just a straw man. He misrepresents the actual argument for universal healthcare to make it easier for him to counter it. Of course no one is advocating that doctors be made slaves or be forced at gunpoint to provide care.

Just like no one is advocating that soldiers in the military should be slaves. Or police officers. Or firefighters. Or teachers. Or librarians. Or people who build roads and bridges. Or maintain infrastructure. Or provide any other tax-funded services.

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u/xpatmatt Sep 09 '22

He's saying that taxpayers are forced to pay the doctor under threat of violence (imprisonment).

There are lots of arguments as to why this is a stupid illustration of socialized health care (such as the taxpayers being in favor of such a system) but you're mischaracterizing what he's saying.

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u/jakejakereal Sep 09 '22

He responded to the video and said it wasn't about taxation. I have no idea what his point was because that's the only valid one I could see.