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0 pointsshallowthought5y ago0 comments

Or have never been in a situation where their mother, father, or themself has a serious medical condition requiring over $1,000,000 and many years of fighting to treat it. "I can't be bought" is a failure of imagination.

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ido5y ago

This is either never or very rarely the case in the developed world outside the US.

sidhanthp5y ago

This is very rarely the case outside the US.

ido5y ago

I put the "developed world" declaimer as I figured in some poor countries you wouldn't be able to get good treatment without paying for it but I imagine even then you will not pay as much as in the US.

In Western Europe such things are generally free.

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kukx5y ago

It is a failure of imagination to think that everything can be bought. Many things do not have a monetary equivalent.

cossray5y ago

Some things cannot be bought. Many things have a monetary equivalent, though.

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