How do people not get so sick of this meme of an answer?
Its like how every opinion teenagers have is the antithesis of their parents ideology.
What if a communist doctor withholds execllent care to preserve resources for the motherland?
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TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 months agothis is such a cliché, short-sighted oversimplification that doesn’t address the root of how individual physicians end up caught in these systems of apathy.
like yes capitalism is part of the problem but that’s about as useful as saying, why is there climate change? capitalism! like sure, yes, but isn’t there so much more to the story that can inform us on why the systems are the way they are, so that maybe we can address it? or i guess lemmy.ml users already have that answer, just start a global revolution and hope the winners care enough to fix it before all the survivors die of heat stroke dysentery and starvation, easy. capitalism. upvotes to the left.
tee900@lemmy.world 2 months ago
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We do get sick of it, but only because it’s always true.
tee900@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Im not convinced alturism seeps from our pores when currency is taken away. I would say its more human nature to claim and horde anything of value, and those who are generous will slowly give up their equity to those who arent generous.
If the system is changed to force people to be generous or outlaw hording then you would see people with power continuing to do it, as they do now.
Maybe captialism is just what fits because this is what we are.
piccolo@ani.social 2 months ago
Or its just the system that benefits the minority.
harsh3466@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Capitalism/the profit motive is how physicians get caught in these systems of apathy. My comment isn’t an over simplification, it is the root cause.
Is the entirety of the healthcare system incredibly complex? Absolutely, and within that complex system there are all sorts of problems that could be teased out to study and address. None of that will dramatically change the outcome of a system that is designed solely to extract as much profit as it can.
When profit is the primary goal of a healthcare company (and the legally mandated responsibility of that company if it is publicly traded) the end result is the system we have.