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Why doesn't the United States have universal healthcare by now? (Serious) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What's keeping people from demanding it?

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

You're also missing the vital context that it was the soviet union being right next door, with their massive expansions in social safety nets, that forced western countries into capitulating to worker demands. It also misses that these safety nets in western countries are funded by imperialism, creating a domestic working class with class interests aligned with imperialism, rather than against it.