ext_74573 ([identity profile] turkishb.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] clovehitched 2009-08-12 10:47 pm (UTC)

Thank you for this!

I saw today a photo of a placard which read:

You can only choose one:
[ ] Universal Healthcare
[x] Freedom


In the States, I get the sense that our notion of equality is antithetical to our notion of freedom. I wonder lately if this is due to an assumption that exchange value (a specific non-real entity) is the true source of equality. For the state rather than the market to mandate an entity of equality which isn't exchange value based, suddenly people start flipping shit about it being an unnatural replacement for the notion of market equality. How people can believe this while having enormous problems getting medical coverage is a mystery to me.

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