• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    That, and having health insurance (read: healthcare that won’t necessarily immediately bankrupt you, though that’s by no means a guarantee) tied to our jobs, and a national economy that has very poor labor protections.

    Apparently the social media cross-polination that the US and China now have started to dip into have hilighted a concept that Chinese users are calling the “Death Line” - basically, something beyond one’s control happening that essentially renders one financially destitute. You can look up references to that in various places.

    • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 hours ago

      Affordable Care act literally saved my parents from bankruptcy and they still vote red all the way down the line.