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  • I mean it kind of is, just less insidious sounding when laid out plain. Hiring people cuts into profits, so they want to hire less people and use AI, which is theoretically cheaper, to do it. And then you don’t have to worry as much about pesky things like UNIONS or HR or SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUITS. Different people have different opinions on how evil absolute nihilism towards the people who are affected by the loss of those jobs is, I personally think it’s pretty fucking evil but I think pretty much every capitalist value is pretty fucking evil so I wouldn’t say my viewpoint on this is an especially nuanced one.











  • Depends. When I broke my leg I had to wait a couple hours to get in to see a doctor, then surgery was a couple days. Even without a family doctor though if you’re just sick and need like some penicillin or stitches or something as long as you don’t go in a major city it’s like 15 minute wait times, usually no longer than an hour. Then you go in, tell em what’s wrong, they deal with it and prescribe you some drugs, then you leave and go get your drugs at the drug store. You gotta pay for the drugs unless you have benefits at your job though. Everything else is free.

    Edit: am Canadian.