• insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe
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      6 days ago

      We have:

      • extremely expensive healthcare, business more important than public health
      • health insurance tied to employment, less worker protections
      • sprawl and car-dependent living, a sea of oversized trucks


      So yeah… one medical issue can add massive debt, and avoiding care or bleeding out in a non-ambulance on the way to a hospital are possibilities. Or a teacher or nurse living in their car being hit by a drunk driver. Lots of other ways to get onto a downward spiral to some death of despair.

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        6 days ago

        That doesn’t mean you’ll just die though. I mean I feel for you all over there, but all alone on the savannah is probably worse.

        • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe
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          6 days ago

          That doesn’t mean you’ll just die though

          Some of the things I mentioned you just might. Hypothermia or heat stroke if you’re homeless in the wrong place during winter/summer.

          Slow death is also worse if you ask me. “It could be prevented” yeah sure, doesn’t mean it will.

          all alone on the savannah

          well, I may ask myself

          David Byrne in a suit and bow tie asks: "how did i get here?"