Leftist Antifa calls for revolution: hangs Trump effigy

Alas, I cannot. So far my pledge to HM Queen Elisabeth in right of Canada must prevail. Maybe some day In the meantime, I rejoice of the fact that our countries are close allies. on in the battlefield.
And yeah, my country is a constitutional monarchy, as well as a parliamentary democracy. Just as yours is a Presidential republic and Constitutional democracy. As I said: allies.

Tell me more about why you thought relevant to mention my ethnic background in connection with my assumed loyalties. Because this looks like yet another little sign of how, pledging yourself to Trump, you feel obligated to fly "deplorable" "anti-PC" colours. Even though your God-Emperor currently does nor require this from your person, nor will he reward you for this. This I fear more that any of Trump's official acts: corrosion of people's minds and souls.

 

Stanislav, don't.

 

Decimon, earlier today: "If you think it's expensive now then just wait until it's free", in response of me bringing up healthcare as a (Bernie's) point to complex relationship between personal freedom and what is labeled "economic freedom".
You're completely justified in missing this side point. Yet, even if you did, I don't see why you felt compelled to intervene to "keep me on topic". What gives?

 

Well, you see, we have this chip on our collective shoulders, and feel the need to feel superior about something; specifically, over the US. Well, healthcare is the one thing where it's consistently and legitimately the case. Even in hockey, it's not. That's why it keeps coming up. Of course, Canada didn't get things miraculously right in this regard; it just looks that way on account of US messing up access to healthcare issue to such a colossal degree.

By happy coincidence, it also nicely undermines Right's economic dogma.

 

True that. American healthcare is a lobbyist-designed system aimed at extracting the most money. It's not a free market (not sure it can even exist given extreme information asymmetry between a patient and a provider). Yet, this is what "free marked" advocates keep defending. In fact, I don't think economic Right is about freedom anymore; they don't seem to be incensed by corporate welfare so much. It looks like a hatred for poor people, perhaps rationalized using fction like "Atlas Shrugged".
BTW, I don't believe I said "single payer" here, although it does seem to work comparatively better. Universal coverage relates to "single payer" as an end to means.

Yeah well, you know the weaknesses of this argument, right? The fact that, I dunno, for example, the majority of people did not have any negative experience with American law enforcement and justice system (I know I didn't) doesn't mean that there are no problems with, eg., for profit prison industrial complex, or over-policing.
And, yeah, I needed a minor, 45-minute surgery while in US, and an "in-network" hospital for my crappy health insurance quoted $40,000 for the room (doctor and anesthesiologist extra) - which was about $37,500 higher than the coverage limit. I was able to scramble and find a better deal, but come on. And this is far, far, far from the worst horror story where the patient is not even uninsured.

 

Fair enough, but that's not what I said. A lot of "conservative" politicians like to break into preaching using Randian rhetoric. I'm thinking Paul Ryan, for example. He does a lot of what her villains do, but weren't they mostly collectivist in her books?
And you're right: I don't like much of what she's saying.

True. Trump won in part by distancing from "economic freedom" orthodoxy. Having said that, preaching said orthodoxy is part and parcel of modern conservatism along with trade wars, immigration restrictions, and military interventionism. Yes, that's contradictory; as I said, they are about the almighty dollar and the hatred for the poor, not any coherent set of beliefs.

Getting specialist appointment for the same day? Haven't tried; I think that would be unlikely, especially in Quebec and some underserved areas. My own experience with Canadian healthcare was clearly positive, on balance. I could finally afford to address some (partially covered) healthcare needs that were out of reach even when my wife had full benefits from a public employer (best plan in our county) - that, as a new immigrant. Also, I got laid off few weeks before wife gave birth - which did not affect her OHIP-covered hospital experience at all. This is what I mean, not how long it takes to wait for appointments. Frankly, I'd take that over ophthalmologist walk ins - even though I'm in federal public service and would in theory have pretty good coverage without OHIP (our union would take care of that).