Donald Trump tried to sidestep giving a policy position on health care, and walked straight off of a rhetorical cliff.
During the presidential debate Tuesday night, Trump struggled to answer a question about his healthcare plan, accidentally revealing that he didn’t have one at all.
After his particularly lackluster response criticizing Obamacare but giving no alternatives, ABC moderate Linsey Davis asked Trump outright if he knew what he was talking about. “Yes or no, you still do not have a plan?” she said.
“I have concepts of a plan,” Trump replied. “I’m not president right now.”
This isn’t a grammar issue, this is a “you’re being vague” issue. I’m simply asking for clarity. If you cannot provide that, you don’t understand enough about your own position for me to care.
oh. so now I’m ignorant.
Gotcha.
Yeah, “the system” is vague. what? you want a list of something as vast as the fucking US government? the banking system? financial institutions? Criminal justice? everything else designed, fundamentally, to keep people in that sweet spot that they have to show up to work doing back breaking jobs that pay too little; while also ensuring they won’t, or can’t riot; so as to extract the most possible wealth and power for the fewest possible people?
Even something as benign as public schools were fundamentally designed as propaganda. which is why history class waxed eloquently on the horrors of communism and conflating that with socialism while ignoring the horrors of capitalism- indeed, even, declaring capitalist greed good.
Sure, there’s a few bad apples that abuse things in ways their not supposed. And sometimes, they even see jail. You’re missing the forest for the trees, though. those people that see consequences… the reason they see consequences is because their actions disrupt the status quo. you beat a people down too much revolts happen, people at the top usually don’t live long.
Not that what comes next is usually any better, and if it is… it’s usually doesn’t last long at all. humans are a vile species.