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This is a political community dedicated to broad ideas of Sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ which is a political ideology that has several different variants. We welcome anyone to discuss and participate in this community

What is Social Democracy?

There are a number of variants, but we can provisionally define it as a political ideology which prescribes the use of democratic collective action to extend the principles of freedom and equality valued by democrats in the political sphere to the organization of the economy and society, chiefly by opposing the inequality and oppression created by laissez-faire capitalism.

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We live in a reality where Walmart employees beg for donations and people are afraid to go to the hospital (discuss.online)

submitted 2 days ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/socialdemocracy@sh.itjust.works

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/40375880

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[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Oh no no no, see, they pay for the doctor, that is just $35. However, the lab work that is contracted out isn't covered, that's gonna be $300. Also, the nurse is a travel nurse from an agency based on Michigan, so they are definitely out of network for your plan, that'll be another $150. There is also a bill processing fee to figure out how much to charge you, but that's only another $35. We also charge a payment process fee, so add another $15 for having the privilege of paying us.