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Iggo

(47,489 posts)
20. That's your takeaway from this?
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 01:37 PM
Apr 2021

People are dying and your quibbling over whether he should have said “failed state” or “failed system”?

Jeezus, man.

Everything for profit. CrispyQ Apr 2021 #1
We are dispensable peons malaise Apr 2021 #44
So tired of overuse of 'failed state'. Bullshit. Amishman Apr 2021 #2
You are passionately wrong here... Moostache Apr 2021 #4
Bravo. area51 Apr 2021 #8
I can agree with most of that, but it still means we are close to a failed healthcare system Amishman Apr 2021 #10
Only if you are healthy and well off questionseverything Apr 2021 #33
Really? CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #38
Just for the hell of it, I decided to look up the criteria for a failed state. Lets see how many... Lancero Apr 2021 #46
Uh no. Amishman Apr 2021 #47
'Where'd you get that list?' you ask, before posting a link to where I got that list. Lancero Apr 2021 #48
I edited with an example as you were replying but I'll expand a little more. Amishman Apr 2021 #49
Notice, I said opportunity... Lancero Apr 2021 #53
And yet hundreds of immigrants show up at our southern border every day Jose Garcia Apr 2021 #31
That somehow excuses the state of things? CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author TxGuitar Apr 2021 #51
Perhaps DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #9
kompromat / compromised lookyhereyou Apr 2021 #30
Having watched DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #32
+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2021 #39
My late "not sister-in-law" was a rural letter carrier for the post office. Cerridwen Apr 2021 #13
Again. Troubled / flawed healthcare system does not equal failed state Amishman Apr 2021 #17
When you claim the US is a failed state madeup64 Apr 2021 #19
That's definitely part of it, plus despite our flaws I still have pride in this country Amishman Apr 2021 #29
Semantically speaking KT2000 Apr 2021 #27
That's your takeaway from this? Iggo Apr 2021 #20
Not failed per say.... paleotn Apr 2021 #25
Off-topic: We are closer to Yemen in at least another way. JusticeForAll Apr 2021 #45
I agree Progressive dog Apr 2021 #50
When I fell and broke my leg and ankle, I drove myself to the ER. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #3
I believe we're paying for it already Generic Brad Apr 2021 #5
Same here; though not as distressing WestofDenver Apr 2021 #6
Heartbreaking! summer_in_TX Apr 2021 #18
Heartbreaking greed Traildogbob Apr 2021 #7
I find it DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #11
I empathize with you................ DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #34
Damn, so sorry Traildogbob Apr 2021 #37
Death by Spreadsheet. Tommymac Apr 2021 #12
Michael Moore's movie Sicko explains it all DeeDeeNY Apr 2021 #14
Our penal system, our press, our health care system Mr. Ected Apr 2021 #15
I think this is going to change ....Joe Biden & The Democrates Will Make It Change... Stuart G Apr 2021 #16
There's a "new" Billionaire every 17 minutes... Justice matters. Apr 2021 #21
The U.S is not even close to a fail state. Roc2020 Apr 2021 #22
Sounds like Somalia. paleotn Apr 2021 #24
Cue the mass bankruptcies... paleotn Apr 2021 #23
We are more like a 2nd or 3rd World country, but not a failed state. GETPLANING Apr 2021 #26
kpete..... Upthevibe Apr 2021 #28
I like the term "shit hole" country better than "failed state" kpete Apr 2021 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author kpete Apr 2021 #42
Americans already, every damn year, pay $7.8 TRILLION in taxes. They just don't get any of it back. ancianita Apr 2021 #35
Derrick Smith is a nurse, not a doctor. Mosby Apr 2021 #36
If anything, I think it is a "failING" state, not one that has already failed. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #43
The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town TxGuitar Apr 2021 #52
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