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Someone made a nonviolent luigi post and it was deleted.. wonder why? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34290435

Post had nothing to do with murder or violence. It is clear who reddit serves.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 56 points 2 weeks ago

Stop posting things to Reddit and then acting surprised when Reddit does something shitty

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck reddit. Bunch of sycophants plain as day since this shitstorm started.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 20 points 2 weeks ago

Removing Luigi posts is violence against the working class

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

FYI, the thread you crossposted is a year old.

[–] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't wanna be a jerk coz I do like a good lugi post but technically we're on a social media right now reading this very post, and it isn't controlled by any oligarch.

Shit there isn't even any advertising either.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

That's probably why it says "effectively". It's like over 90% of all social media.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[+] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world -7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Although the point on cost is technically true, the average low income American manufacturing worker has 6-9 times more buying power on the international market than the average Chinese manufacturing worker. I used China as an example since they are relatively wealthy compared to the global average; the public probably wouldn't believe me if I used South America or Africa in the comparison.

As far as quality goes, I don't have an opinion. It's one of those metrics that needs a definition. They tend to use information like "time waiting in the emergency room" or "distance from a general practitioner."

The ability of a doctor to treat the most common ailments is a more informative metric. At the end of the day, that is the metric that counts.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The ability of a doctor to treat the most common ailments is a more informative metric.

If you can pay

At the end of the day, that is the metric that counts.

Nope!

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On a related note, China recently cured diabetes. Something about stem cells or transplant cells inserted into the pancreas. They'll never do that in this shit-hole (U.S.), because diabetes treatment is a multi-billion dollar industry.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-medical-team-enables-30-092400922.html

[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

When my aunt was diagnosed with cancer, she quit her job and was approved for Medicaid within a two week period. The government paid for her treatment, and she went back to work a year later once her cancer was in remission.

...I don't know how common this is in other countries. It seemed like a pretty good deal from her perspective.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

She shouldn’t have to quit her job to get usable healthcare. Healthcare shouldn’t be tied to your job.

Marrying the two together is a way to prevent people from switching jobs; why would you when the next place you go has crappier insurance even though it’s best for your overall career.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

China, along with many countries that have socialized medicine, beats the US in cost and quality and almost any other metric.

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 5 points 2 weeks ago

Well obviously it was deleted because it had nothing to do with fighting tuberculosis./s

Also, fuck reddit.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

And as AI gets more advanced it becomes easier and easier for them to censor things they don't like or dynamically push whatever narrative they want via the algorithm.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

don't let them take our weegees

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, I'm an idiot.

I saw this the other day and thought it was mamdani

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm guessing it was deleted on a suspected implication. Or, at least, that's the excuse.