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Just because you paid for insurance doesn't mean you should get it (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: I think you should get the service you pay for, just so that's clear.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

insurance is a fucking scam that preys on the most vulnerable segment of the population in order to enrich themselves and their shareholders. and the vast majority of people think that's just the way things are in america, therefore it's the best possible way for things to be. what's not to understand?

[–] agamemnonymous 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The free market is excellent at producing, at a reasonable cost, myriad voluntary luxuries like large televisions and speedy cars. These prices are naturally constrained by the consumers' willingness to do-without. When the consumer cannot rationally choose to do-without, the elegant self-regulation intrinsic to the free market evaporates.

[–] bitwolf 1 points 4 days ago

So well worded. I struggle to get this concept out when discussing the concern about grocery prices and why homesteading / community gardens are the only protection we can reasonably have right now